Wisconsin Fishing Reports & Outdoor Report for August 30, 2018

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For the second week in a row Wisconsin was slammed with torrential rainfall again leading to massive flooding, this time primarily in southwestern and southcentral parts of the state. The floods again washed out many roads, leading the governor to declare a statewide emergency.The flooding this week at Wildcat Mountain State Park. The park remains closed until further notic.Photo credit: DNRThe flooding caused the closure of Wildcat Mountain State Park and the 400, Elroy-Sparta, Hillsboro and Saunders state trails just before the Labor Day holiday weekend. A confirmed tornado in Fond du Lac County lead to the closure of about half the campsites in the Long Lake Campground of the Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Unit. For details search the DNR HSOforum for "current conditions."All four Madison area lakes remain under slow-no-wake ordinance as does much of the Rock River south of Lake Koshkonong and this week Columbia County instituted slow-no-wake on the Lower Wisconsin River from Portage to Lake Wisconsin.

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