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Freeze out: Iceboaters see their championship race delayed thrice; It leaves Lake Winnebago and moves to Lake Mendota
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Freeze out: Iceboaters see their championship race delayed thrice
It leaves Lake Winnebago and moves to Lake Mendota
Fond du Lac -- There is a trick to being crowned the world's
fastest iceboater.
It's called patience.
This week's iceboating world championship, slated for the flat,
black ice of Lake Winnebago, was postponed Monday because of frigid
temperatures.
Tuesday's start was called off because of treacherous gusts.
Wednesday's hitch: too much sn...
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SATELLITE BEING USED TO LOOK AT LAKES' HEALTH LANDSAT 7 HAS SNAPPED PHOTOS OF LAKE MENDOTA, LAKE WINNEBAGO AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER.(Local/Wisconsin)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; Scientists hope a satellite 400 miles overhead and 800 wet volunteers will help them get a better reading on water clarity in Wisconsin lakes. Landsat 7, which crosses a different section of Wisconsin every 16 days, has snapped photos of Lake Mendota, Lake Winnebago and other bodies of water. Each
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Spearing continues on Lake Winnebago
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... Winnebago registered a total of 561 sturgeon. - Bob Riepenhoff Copyright 2007, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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Deadly fish; virus; in state; Kills in Lake Winnebago system may be just start
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; The deaths last week of hundreds of sheepshead in Lake Winnebago and Little Lake Butte des Morts signal the presence of a virus responsible for massive fish kills in Lakes Erie and Ontario, a state official said. In a development that surprised Wisconsin natural resources officials, the virus was
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Thin Lake Winnebago ice threatens sturgeon season Recent warm weather may limit spearing
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; The annual sturgeon fishing season on Lake Winnebago may be in jeopardy because of thin ice, the state Department of Natural Resources said. Without something solid on which people can erect their shanties and fish through holes in the ice, there could be no spearing, DNR biologist Ron Burch said.
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Sturgeon Thrive in and around Lake Winnebago, Wis.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7--While pollution and overfishing have threatened lake sturgeon nearly everywhere in North America, this strange and bony-plat ...
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Lake Winnebago's algae stench passing, but concern growing
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Although the horrific stench of the thick masses of algae that plagued Lake Winnebago this summer has pretty much cleared, the memory of the algae's thick green slick and powerful smell remains, propelling area property owners, environmentalists and governmental officials to scramble to find
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Deadly fish virus in state; Kills in Lake Winnebago system may be just start
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; A deadly virus responsible for massive fish kills in the eastern Great Lakes has now killed fish in Wisconsin. The presence of the virus in the Lake Winnebago system of lakes on the Fox River surprised state natural resources officials. Its unchecked spread throughout Wisconsin waterways threatens
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MAN MEETS MATCH WITH 6-FOOT FISH HE SPEARED A 102-POUND STURGEON AFTER IT SWAM UP HIS ICE HOLE ON LAKE WINNEBAGO.(LOCAL)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; Byline: Associated Press SHEBOYGAN -- The fish's long shadow slid under the ice, causing Darren Horness to blink. I was skimming some ice off the hole, and all the sudden I thought I caught a little bit of movement, and I had to kind of take a step back, said Horness, 36, of Howards Grove. The fish
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Mussels in Lake Winnebago in `takeover phase,' DNR says Mollusk explosion causing work on intake valves to be accelerated
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Reports of zebra mussel sightings in the Lake Winnebago system have been flooding the Oshkosh office of the state Department of Natural Resources since the end of the boating season, a fisheries biologist says. "We're getting reports from all over," Kendall Kamke said. "It's fairly obvious that
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Rescuers stranded on Lake Winnebago call in Coast Guard
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Rescuers stranded on Lake Winnebago call in Coast Guard Wednesday, January 1, 2003 What happens when rescuers need to be rescued? They call in the U.S. Coast Guard. Two firefighters were stranded during a mission to rescue two anglers Monday evening; the anglers had been caught out on Lake
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