Pat Short - WI DNR
Photo: Jeff Janvrin WI DNR

Did you know?

The Upper Mississippi River system is home to 132 fish species.

This is 25% of all the fish species in North America!

Commercial Fishing State Regulation
Comparison Tables


Regulations by Gear ***(.pdf)

Regulations by Species ***(.pdf)

Different State License Requirements ***(.pdf)

Fish Plans

Upper Mississippi River Fisheries Plan 2010 - UMRCC (5.5 MB)

2010 Fish Plan Brief (5.6 MB)

2010 Fish Plan Brochure (554 KB)

1993 Fish Plan

Fishery Reports

Distribution & Relative Abundance of UMR Fishes 2010

2007 Major River Survey Pools 3-7, 9

Pepin 2007 Large Lake Monitoring Annual Report

Pool 4 Creel Study IV 2005-2007 Completion Report

Meeting Minutes

2011 Fall Meeting

2011 Spring Meeting

2010 Fall Meeting

2010 Spring Meeting

2009 Fall Meeting

2009 Spring Meeting

Electronic Books

Fishes of Wisconsin - George C. Becker

Wisconsin Fishes 2000 - John Lyons

Web Site Resources

The North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA) is selling fish playing cards and fish prints. Proceeds benefit NANFA's Conservation Research Grants.

Wisconsin Fish Identification Database - WDNR,
UW Center for Limnology, UW Sea Grant