Norton's Lake Report and Catch of the Day

Norton's Fishing Adventures offers the best fishing experiences available on Big Green Lake and the Fox River in the Green Lake and Princeton, Wisconsin area. Check here often for Lake Reports and to find out who made the Catch Of The Day.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

SUMMER 2019 LAKE TROUT BITE

We are having a great start to this years summer fishing. Many happy fisherman going home with their limit of trout.  Two large catfish were also caught today.

 It's a great time with family and friends.
Here are photos from this spring.








Saturday, February 09, 2019

FEB 2019 ICE FISHING

We now have perch shanties available along with the lake trout and cisco.
Here is a photo of a happy fisherman with his limit of two lake trout.

Sunday, February 03, 2019

ICE SHANTIES

We now have ice shanties for rent for cisco and lake trout.
 We are still trying to locate the perch. We are having cisco for supper tonight. Good eating.
If you want to rent a wood heated shanty and fish in comfort, give us a call 920 295 3617
 or cell 920 229 3009

Saturday, January 26, 2019

ICE UPDATE

We will be having Lake Trout shanties out on the ice by Wed Jan 30th.
 For Perch and Cisco shanties, the availability will be determined by the amount of snow we will get this Mon.



Monday, January 21, 2019

JAN 2019 LAKE ICE REPORT




Big Green Lake this morning finally skimmed over with ice....
 The weather is predicting  3 to 7 inches of snow tomorrow, so
  we will be watching it's condition and keep you updated.
If all goes according to plan , we will be getting shanties out by next Wed. Jan 30th.
Attached are a few photos, and one from many years ago on the ice.

Monday, July 02, 2018

2018 SUMMER LAKE TROUT FISHING

We are going strong on our lake trout fishing. Most days the bite is good, catching Lake Trout from limit size of 17 inches, up to a few well over 10 pounds. Here are a few photos from this summer.









Thursday, February 15, 2018

MID FEBRUARY ICE FISHING

The trout bite is spotty to slow with a few shanties getting some really nice fish.
The perch bite is the best that we have seen in years. We are catching a mix of medium to large fish, some over 12 inches.
Cisco bite in very slow.
Here  is a photo of a family
 enjoying the day on the ice with a nice lake trout.

Saturday, January 06, 2018

STARTING LAKE TROUT FISHING

We will have lake trout shanties available starting this Sunday Jan.7th.
Location for meeting is Horner's Landing.
We fished for ciscos, but the bite is still slow.


Wednesday, January 03, 2018

ICE CONDITIONS UPDATE

The eastern end of Big Green Lake has frozen over.
There is still lots of open water on the lake and
 the geese are trying their best to keep open water holes out there.
We are checking the ice this afternoon and will update as we know more.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

ICE CONDITIONS DEC 28 2017

It's cold outside. Most of the bays have good walking ice. We are catching  good sized perch in Dartford Bay. It's looking like Big Green Lake will give us early ice this year. Lake Trout season opens the first Sat in Jan,, coming up soon.
We will post ice conditions on this blog as they change.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

JULY 2017 LAKE TROUT BITE

The lake trout bite this July has been fantastic.
The average size is still larger than what we have seen in recent years, and we are catching more of them. A few white bass are also starting to show up.
Check out some of these photos.









Sunday, July 02, 2017

LAKE TROUT FISHING BIG GREEN LAKE

The lake trout bite is very good some days and moderate on other days.
 Some good sized ones are being caught.
One group this week caught 6 trout, 21 to 31 inches long.
Here are some photos. The large trout is 13 pounds.


Tuesday, June 20, 2017

THE COLD WATER FISHERY IN BIG GREEN LAKE

People and business in the area who enjoy fishing Big Green Lake have
 organized a council to help improve the cold water fishery. Many of these have donated money and time and because of this there will be 23,000 RE Rainbow stocked this Sept. in Big Green Lake.
They should be creel ready by next year.
Many thanks to all who have helped with this project.
Here are some photos of the RE at the hatchery.
The Green Lake Cold Water Fishery Council.
Website coming soon.