Fishing

Non-resident fishing license information

Wisconsin resident fishing license information

Lake Chetek is one of a chain of six lakes that together make up 3,800 acres of water with more than 100 miles of picturesque shoreline. These fertile waters produce an abundant supply of panfish for fun and easy angling. For the more serious fisherman, there are bass, northern pike, and walleye.
Motor trolling and water skiing are allowed on the entire chain of lakes.

See maps of the Lakes:

Prairie, Pokegama and Ojaski (north)
Chetek, Moose Ear and Ten Mile (south)

Dean Bundy of Streator, Illinois caught this fine large mouth while others were complaining of poor fishing. Dean said he'd been letting the big ones loose because he couldn't find anyone with a camera. Well, Dean, this one's pretty big!

Jeff Warner of North Fond du Lac, WI, caught most of these fine bass. He claims to have let a lot of them go, which is one fish story that I do believe.	Jeff Ehredt of Kenosha, WI, has a favorite spot for bass. This 2.96-pound, 17-in bass apparently followed him to where they were fishing for bluegill!

Dennis and Reba Derryberry of Akron, Indiana show off three fine bass.	A quiet day on the lakes is relaxing for most, but brought Shirley Miller of Danville, Illinois, this 15 ounce black crappie. It was a good fighter. This fish would have been a prize winner. You'll prize every moment on the Chetek Chain of Lakes at Rainbow's End Resort.

Joe Davis of East Peoria, Illinois, admits to having help catching this fine batch of crappies. . .	But he claims this walleye as his own!

Click on the links below for more fish stories, pictures, and information.
Some of these links will take you to other web sites. Rainbow's End Resort cannot be responsible for the content of these external sites.

See The Real Fishermen

Current Fishing Report

View Some Catches from 2002

Fishing Licenses are available at Rainbow's End Resort

Catch a tagged fish and Win!
with
Fish-O-Rama

The Rod and Gun Shop has a
Fishing Contest

It's a fish-eat-fish world:
A True Fish Story

How many times can you catch a fish?
Another True Fish Story

You can lead a man to water,
but you can't make him fish.
---- He just does that anyway.

Learn about the
Chetek Lakes Protection Association

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.
If you teach a man to fish, he'll buy an ugly hat.
If you talk to a starving man about a fish, you're a consultant.

-- Dilbert

Some fishing links from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR):

Fishing Ideas

Lake Maps

Wisconsin Lake Book

Water Quality Reports

Please note that these links are not specific to the Chetek Chain of Lakes,
but they do have some interesting reading.

Boating

Lights are required on all boats operating on Wisconsin waters
between sunset and sunrise.
Check sunrise and sunset times here:

Fishing

Jeff Ehredt of Kenosha, WI, has a favorite spot for bass. This 2.96-pound, 17-in bass apparently followed him to where they were fishing for bluegill!

A quiet day on the lakes is relaxing for most, but brought Shirley Miller of Danville, Illinois, this 15 ounce black crappie. It was a good fighter. This fish would have been a prize winner. You'll prize every moment on the Chetek Chain of Lakes at Rainbow's End Resort.

But he claims this walleye as his own!

Boating