Harbors and rivers along the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan provide world-class Ice fishing for brown trout and steelhead, or rainbow trout. Skip to Navigation Skip to Main Content ...

Anglers across the state can wet a line without a fishing license, trout stamp ... or go to a nearby lake and consider giving it a try themselves,” Bob Nack with the Wisconsin DNR said.

Very low to no natural reproduction of trout and salmon takes place in the Wisconsin tributaries to Lake Michigan. So the fishery is sustained by fish raised in DNR hatcheries and planted in the lake.