Madison Area

[Guest]

I am going to be in the Madson area in the next week. I am looking for a place to do some fly fishing for trout. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks.

[bassgal71]

Hi - As far as I know (I used to live there), there really isn't anything for trout. I know there may be some privately stocked ponds, but there really are not any streams around that have them. It's been a few years. You may want to check with the DNR Web site before you go. They would be able to give you some good information.

[Guest]

Thanks for the replies. I was over there this last weekend for a wedding and was able to squeeze in a few hours on Saturday morning on Black Earth creek. Fishing was tough! Fish were real spooky. I only managed one, but it was a nice 18"er. Water still seemed low, even though they had ran the previous week. Found some other nice streams in the area, but didn't get a chance to try them. Hope to get back sometime. Thanks again for the replies!

[Guest]

Duey, Hope this isn't to late - Black Earth, west of Madison about 1/2 hr. Also get a Wi Trout Stream guide (where ever you get a fishing license). There's a ton of excellant trout streams around Richland Center - 1 hr west. This guide will also help keep you legal and show you all the desinated trout steams in the state. Lived there for 5 years, always go back for trout opener, the first Sat. in May. This year my boy and I had our 3 fish limit , of browns, in less than one hour.
Good luck. post how you did. Bye the way, I use crawlers!