The Northeastern Wisconsin Great Lakes Sport Fishermen 2026 Salmon Derby is scheduled for July 3-5 at the Manitowoc Marina.
The derby will include prizes for the top five fish in the king salmon, coho salmon, brown trout, lake trout and rainbow trout categories. Prizes will be awarded and winners announced at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5.
The Salmon Derby also will host a Super Tournament from 5 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 4. The top cash prize will be determined by the number of boats entered.
A free Kids’ Derby will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at the Manitowoc Marina, with registration starting at 7 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to all children who participate.
Live entertainment for the three-day event includes Bellarain from noon to 2 p.m. and Steve Thuss from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Friday, July 3; Andy Satori from 1 to 5 p.m. and the Dave Steffen Band from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4; and the Kolache Brothers from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 5.
Adult derby tickets are $30. Tickets for children 15 and younger are $10 when purchased with an adult derby ticket. No tickets will be sold once the derby starts.
Tickets can be purchased in Manitowoc at the Manitowoc Marina and Harbor Town Citgo; in Two Rivers at Seagull Marina and Klein’s Hardware Hank; and in Sheboygan at Jeff & Grace’s and The Wharf.
Wisconsin DNR seeks landowners for 2026 deer hunt for hunters with disabilities
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds landowners interested in sponsoring a Gun Deer Hunt for Hunters with Disabilities to enroll their properties by July 1.
The program dates for fall 2026 have changed. For the first seven days of the hunt, Oct. 3-9, hunts must be conducted on a property that is sponsored and enrolled in the program.
On Oct. 10-11, the same weekend as the Youth Deer Hunt, eligible hunters may hunt statewide on public land or on any private property where they have permission to hunt, regardless of whether the land is enrolled in the program.
To take part in the program, landowners must have at least 60 acres available, be able to host at least three hunters and complete an online application by July 1.
The DNR asks interested landowners to complete all property information fields on the application. Sponsors are encouraged to keep hunter density to at least one hunter per 20 acres.
Lands with fewer than three participants enrolled or fewer than 60 acres will be approved by the DNR on a case-by-case basis. Sponsoring landowners also must provide a complete list of the names, phone numbers and DNR customer IDs of all hunters they will host by Sept. 15.
“This special hunt has been providing hunters with disabilities accessible opportunities to deer hunt for over 30 years,” said Brooke VanHandel, DNR assistant deer and elk specialist. “This hunt is only possible through our landowner sponsors. Their willingness to partner with hunters and open their properties each year allows more individuals the opportunity to participate in Wisconsin’s deer hunting tradition.”
The Gun Deer Hunt for Hunters with Disabilities began in 1992 and provides hunting opportunities for about 400 hunters each year.
The DNR said it is committed to providing hunting, fishing and recreational permits and opportunities designed to give people with disabilities access to Wisconsin’s outdoor traditions and natural resources.
More information about rules, conditions for conducting a hunt and opportunities for hunters with disabilities is available on the DNR’s Deer Hunting for Hunters with Disabilities webpage.
White-tailed fawns, goslings and bluebirds signal summer in Wisconsin
This time of year is always exciting because people are telling me they are seeing quite a few white-tailed fawns.
We are seeing them, too, both when we go to the woods and on our game cameras.
During the first couple of weeks of life, fawns do not move much. Now, they are following their mothers all over the place.
Some of the early goslings are three-fourths the size of adult geese. Soon, you will not be able to tell them apart.
We had a killdeer nest on our lawn this spring, so we cut around it. We watched the four eggs every week, but they have hatched and moved along.
We had three nesting pairs of bluebirds in and around our yard, but we are down to two pairs. One of the houses has been taken over by tree swallows.
I do not mind the swallows, but I would rather have the bluebirds. In any case, both species are good mosquito eaters, so it is all good.
Lambert Brothers John Deere Parade brings farm memories to Kellnersville
The day before Father’s Day found Mary and me in Kellnersville for the Lambert Brothers John Deere Parade.
This time, my daughter Ashley, her husband, Michael, and their four children joined us.
Some of the children watched with little interest, but 4-year-old Grayson sat on my lap and tried to tell me what he could about each tractor.
About 65 tractors paraded in front of us, with some new twists. One John Deere had a platform mounted to the front to show off John Deere toys.
Thanks to the Lambert family, we can enjoy such an event and bring back memories of farming in the past.
That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.
Outdoors columnist Bob Schuh’s “Scoping the Great Outdoors” column appears each Sunday in the Herald Times Reporter. Reach him at 920-682-3106 or bobschuh@lsol.net.
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