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Fly fishing near Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 waters with a page on this site lie within 30 miles of Green Bay, Wisconsin — Oconto River, Kelly Brook and East Twin River among them. June, July and August carry the most recorded hatches, 23 insects in June, 21 insects in July and 15 insects in August. In range: 8 blocks of public land with a page of their own and 3 fly shops. Everything below is measured or published — no ranking on this page is ours.
The water
| Water | Distance | Miles | July mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto River | 26.0 mi | 41.8 | 74.7 |
| Kelly Brook | 29.0 mi | 29.2 | — |
| East Twin River | 17.8 mi | 29.0 | — |
| Kewaunee River | 22.5 mi | 24.4 | — |
| Scarboro Creek | 15.8 mi | 15.9 | — |
| Jambo Creek | 19.3 mi | 15.7 | — |
| West Branch Shioc River | 29.1 mi | 15.1 | — |
| Casco Creek | 20.1 mi | 10.8 | — |
| West Twin River | 19.0 mi | 9.5 | — |
| Haller Creek | 6.8 mi | 6.3 | — |
| Kriwanek Creek | 18.4 mi | 6.2 | — |
| Coopman Creek | 23.4 mi | 5.9 | — |
| Tisch Mills Creek | 19.8 mi | 5.5 | — |
| Splinter Creek | 25.0 mi | 5.3 | — |
| Gilson Creek | 15.7 mi | 4.0 | — |
| Threemile Creek | 23.9 mi | 3.4 | — |
| Brehmer Creek | 22.8 mi | 3.0 | — |
| Little Scarboro Creek | 19.2 mi | 2.8 | — |
| Devils River | 17.4 mi | 0.5 | — |
| Rogers Creek | 19.4 mi | 0.4 | — |
Straight-line distance from the middle of town to the middle of the water. The roads are not mapped here, so this page does not give you a drive time it did not measure.
A 3-day plan
Oconto River
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
Kelly Brook
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
East Twin River
No site in the state's access file falls within twelve miles of this water's centre, so the way in is public ground and road crossings.
Assembled, not written: the days are the largest waters in range, longest first, and each one carries the nearest site in Wisconsin's own access file — measured from the middle of the water, so it is a place to start looking rather than a landing on that river. Fish them in whatever order the weather gives you.
Hatches to hit
The months with the most recorded hatches in northern Wisconsin: June (23), July (21), August (15).
| Insect | Months | Hook |
|---|---|---|
| Fish Eggs | October–January and April | #10–16 |
| Little Brown Stonefly | February–April | #12–16 |
| Blue-Winged Olive | March–May and September–November | #16–22 |
| Blackfly | April–June | #18–22 |
| Cranefly | April–June and September–October | #6–10 |
| Grannom | April–May | #14–16 |
| Green Rock Worm / Green Weenie | April–June and September–October | #10–14 |
| Hendrickson | April–May | #12–14 |
| Alderfly | May–June | #10–14 |
| Caterpillar | May–September | #8–14 |
| Crayfish | May–October | #4–8 |
| Giant Black Stonefly (Salmonfly) | May–June | #4–6 |
| Green Sedge | May–August | #12–16 |
| Light Cahill | May–July | #12–16 |
Recorded from northern Wisconsin, earliest first. The year-round records sit at the bottom because they are true and they are not news.
Public land in range
- Longtail Point — 6.6 mi
- Holland Wildlife Area — 15.4 mi
- C.D. (Buzz) Besadny Fish And Wildlife Area — 21.4 mi
- Green Bay West Shores Wildlife Area — 21.4 mi
- Mack Wildlife Area — 25.1 mi
- Brillion Wildlife Area — 25.5 mi
- Ahnapee State Trail — 25.7 mi
- Maine Wildlife Area — 25.7 mi
Blocks of ground with a page of their own, nearest first. Ownership from PAD-US as Wisconsin publishes it.
Camping and lodging
We have campground records for Michigan and for no other state, so there is nothing to list here rather than a list somebody guessed. The public land above is where the dispersed camping is, where the state allows it.
Fly shops
- Tight Lines Fly Fishing Company — 5.0 mi, De Pere
- Southpaw Systems — 14.0 mi, Denmark
- The Sports Shop — 30.3 mi
From OpenStreetMap and a curated list, across all five states on this site. Call before you drive — a shop in a file is not a shop that is open.
Before you go
- Wisconsin regulations
- Wisconsin fishing report
- Oconto River
- Kelly Brook
- East Twin River
- Kewaunee River
- Scarboro Creek
- Jambo Creek