Top Wisconsin Counties For Catching Record-Setting Big Fish

When it comes to finding big fish, you're often left to rely on historical success as a starting point to find future big catches.

For anglers across Wisconsin, there are a select handful of counties that happen to be home to a sizable number of the state records for the biggest fish caught across various game species.

Of Wisconsin's 72 counties, 12 of them are home to a staggering 43 of the total state record fish the Wisconsin DNR has records of across various species across the state.

This, of course, is all reliant on people catching and reporting their record catch. That means that it's quite possible there are some even bigger lunkers lurking in lakes around Wisconsin that we just don't know about yet.

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When you look at the Wisconsin DNR's 100+ years of state records, there are some trends that have developed, however. While no one county has a massive number of records (more than 5 in any given county), for a county to be home to more than two state records across species says something about the fisheries in the county.

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There are a total of 10 counties in Wisconsin that are home to two state records among different species, including counties like Bayfield County, Dane County, and Burnett County. What about places where the number of state records is even more concentrated than that?

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Here's a look at the 12 Wisconsin counties that are home to the most state records for the largest fish caught across various game species over the years.