Fishway Counts

Department of Natural Resources fisheries personnel have completed the fishway steelhead counts for the 2023 – 2024 run year. The link to the most recent counts downloads as a pdf file that requires Adobe® Reader®. If you don’t have this software you can download it free by clicking on the Adobe Reader link below.  Click …

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) video-monitored trout and salmon migration at the fishway from July through December. Individuals were larger than normal, mainly due to their feeding on the high cisco abundance in the lake. August and September brought large rain events, which jump-started the fall runs. Most steelhead (59 percent) ranged from…

Past counts for the Brule River fishway can be found by clicking on Historical Counts.