Wisconsin Fishing Seasons

Boat Rental:

• Beaver Dam Bay Marina

W9276 County Road G, 920.219.9200, bdmarina.com (Motorized Boats)

FISHING: This fourteen mile-long lake, with a maximum depth of seven feet, provides all-season fishing fun with its abundant walleye, large mouth bass, perch and crappies lurk on the bottom. You’ll also find northern pike and channel catfish ranging from ten to fifteen pounds. If you’d rather stay on shore, there is lots of shoreline available within the city of Beaver Dam.

PADDLING: Kayak Launches:

• Waterworks Park 800 Denning Avenue, Beaver Dam • Derge Park

N8379 County Road CP, Beaver Dam • End of Oneida Street

Rental: Waterworks Park

• 800 Denning Avenue, (Kayaks - single and tandem,

Canoes, Stand Up Paddle Boards)

JANUARY - SEPTEMBER

Lake Trout (17”) First Saturday of January - September 30

MAY - MARCH

Largemouth (14”) Smallmouth (14”) Northern Pike (26”) Brown Trout (14”) Walleye (15”) First Saturday of May - March 5

MAY - DECEMBER

Muskellunge (40”) First Saturday of May - December 31

YEAR ROUND

Panfish, Cisco, White Bass, Catfish Open year round

cityofbeaverdam.com/bdcas

BEAVER DAM RACEWAY

N7086 Raceway Road, Beaver Dam • 920.887.1600 wismotorsports.net

Racing enthusiasts will enjoy this exciting dirt-track racing venue May through October featuring sprint cars, midgets, late models, go-karts and more.

Countless Ways to Play!

There are countless ways to play in and around Beaver Dam during every season of the year with area attractions and outdoor recreation!

BEAVER DAM RIVER

Kayaking the Beaver Dam River is an adventure at every corner. Start from the urban city center and watch the landscape change to rural farmland and wooden corridors as you meet both challenging whitewater and lazy river sections. Follow the @beaverpaddlers on Facebook for weekend paddle reports and river flow rates for your safety. Organized shuttles during runs can transport you and your watercraft back to where you started.

BEAVERLAND MUST-SKIS WATERSKI TEAM

Tahoe Park, 96 La Crosse Street Sundays Memorial Day – Labor Day mustskis.com

The award-winning Beaverland Must-skis waterski team will entertain with a jam-packed show of tricks on water, extreme water skiing and jaw-dropping pyramids. Take advantage of their learn-to-ski clinics too.

CITY OF BEAVER DAM COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

209 S. Center Street, Beaver Dam 920.887.4639, cityofbeaverdam.com/bdcas

Beaver Dam is home to 21 city parks and 300 acres of park lands and related facilities offering a large variety of outdoor recreational opportunities. Leashed dogs can be walked through any city park, but need to keep moving and avoid shelters, playgrounds and athletic fields. Unleashed dog parks are located at Edgewater and Patrick Parker Conley Parks. When at the parks and around town, turn on your geocache app to locate hidden geocaches around town. Beaver Dam Community Activities and Services provides community events and recreation programs for all ages and operates the Watermark, multi-purpose community and senior center, along with facility reservations and watercraft rentals.

Photograph provided by Dodge County Fair Association

DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS - FLEA MARKET, CRAFT FAIR & MORE

Highway 33, Beaver Dam • 920.885.3586 dodgecountyfairgrounds.com

The Dodge County Fair Association hosts the Dodge County Fair the third week in August. Check their website for events spring, summer and fall, including swap meets, a car show, food truck events, sprint car races and the Flea Market and Craft Fair the third Saturday of the month May through October.

DODGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

105 Park Avenue, Beaver Dam • 920.887.1266 dodgecountyhistory.com

Dedicated to the preservation, advancement and dissemination of the knowledge and history of Dodge County, WI, you will lose yourself in this three story museum located in the historic Williams Free Library.

DODGE COUNTY PARKS

920.386.3700 ext 1 • dodgeparks.com

Dodge County is home to five parks (Astico, Derge, Harnischfeger, Nitshke Mounds and Ledge) and recreational trails that allow you to take in the beautiful, rural landscape our county has. These parks offer opportunities for camping, hiking, biking, paddling, boating, fishing, horseback riding, disc and mini golfing, snowmobiling, ATVing, sledding, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.

Derge Park is a thirteen-acre park just five minutes northwest of Beaver Dam and located on the shore of Beaver Dam Lake at N8379 County Road CP. The park offers overnight camping with electricity, twenty-five campsites with 30-amp hookups and asphalt pads, picnic shelters, shower/restroom building and dump station, boat launch and canoe/kayak launch.

N4595 Welsh Road, Juneau • 920.219.4249 edwinbrix.com

Edwin Brix Vineyard and Sell Family Wines is Dodge County’s first licensed winery growing a variety of red and white cold-hardy grapes. 100% of the wines are made from grapes they grow.

OLD HICKORY GOLF CLUB

W7596 State Highway 33, Beaver Dam • 920.887.7179 oldhickorygolfclub.com

One of the oldest 18-hole championship golf courses in Wisconsin. Six different choices of tees to fit every level with more than thirty fairway and greenside bunkers.

TOWER LANES

1660 N. Spring Street, Beaver Dam • 920.887.8000 bowlinbeaverdam.com

Bring family and friends together for a great time without breaking the budget. Enjoy bumper bowling for kids, bowling leagues, volleyball leagues, car shows, live entertainment, Badger and football parties and great food.

TRAILS

Gold Star Memorial Trail – 3.4 mile, ten foot wide, non-motorized path from Theiler Park in Mayville to Horicon ending at Whitty Park. Expansion to Beaver Dam is planned.

Horicon Marsh Wild Life Area – Five Miles of trails in the area. Hiking and cross-country skiing only.

Wild Goose State Trail – Runs from Highway 60 to Pautsch Road. • Main Trail: Thirty-four Miles • Horse Trail: Fourteen Miles • ATV/UTV: Twenty Miles

Visit dodgeparks.com or call 920.366.3705 for trail, including snowmobiling, information.

WALDVOGEL’S FARM

N7416 County Road I, Juneau • 920.885.9590 waldvogelfarm.com

In fall, families flock to Wisconsin’s largest pumpkin farm, with over fifty activities and food to play and stay all day.

YMCA OF DODGE COUNTY

220 Corporate Drive, Beaver Dam • 920.887.8811 theydc.org

Enjoy year round athletic and recreational opportunities for the whole family in this 67,000 square-foot recreation center with an Olympic-style pool and waterpark.