Beckie Gaskill
Recent Stories
Wolf conflicts up from last year
This year Wisconsin hunters, farmers and residents of the northern half of the state have seen more wolf conflicts than in almost any year. According to Laurie Groskopf from Wisconsin Wolf Facts, this year has already seen the third highest number of reported conflicts.
DNR Wolf tracking program classes offered this fall
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is once again offering their carnivore tracking classes to individuals interested in volunteering for their snow tracking surveys. The DNR has used volunteer trackers for many years.
Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund helps fish and wildlife
National Resources Foundation Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund committee members are currently working on selecting grant winners for the program from a list of well-deserving applicants. This endowment provides a permanent source of funding for projects on the state’s public lands.
Boom Lake anglers register impressive weights at Rod Gaskill Memorial Bass Tournament
The Rod Gaskill Memorial Bass Tournament saw attendance dip a bit this year, but almost 40 anglers still took to Boom Lake in the hopes of bringing in the heaviest five bass of the day. Gaskill was an avid bass angler that moved to the area from Las Vegas, Nevada in the mid 1990s.
Fish Like a GIRL
As I write this, I am coming to the end of two week-long writing summits. Both were held online, with a somewhat different format. One, the Writing Brave Summit, held live sessions, which were pre-recorded, but the presenter in each session joined the group in the chat during the presentation, which I thought was a neat add-on feature. It allowed attendees to talk to the presenters in real time while listening to their session presentation.
112 teams compete in Shoeder’s RV & Marine Hodag Musky Challenge
Musky anglers fishing the Shoeder’s RV & Marine Hodag Musky Challenge can choose from many lakes around the Rhinelander area. Boom Lake and the Wisconsin River, The Moens Chain, Pelican Lake, Lake George, Crescent Lake, Bearskin Lake, Lake Julia and the Sugar Camp Chain are all available for teams to fish. Top prize in the two-day tournament is $10,000. There are also monetary prizes for the largest musky, the largest northern and there is one random winner from all of the winners of largest fish on each lake.
DNR deer advisory committee looks at deer management unit configurations
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) deer program specialist Jeff Pritzl lead the latest DNR deer advisory committee meeting with one of the main agenda items being the possible reconfiguration of Deer Management Units (DMUs).
‘Significant Other’ tournament anglers have fun on Manitowish Waters Chain
This was the fourth year of the You and Your Significant Other Bass Tournament on the Manitowish Waters Chain. Tournament organizer Yeng Thao of Wausau said his wife had been asking to fish a tournament with him for years.
