The first out-of-state fishing trip I ever took was to Yellow Lake near Webster, Wisconsin. At 8 years old, I sat straight up the whole way there in the big backseat of Grandpa’s 1986 Cutlass Supreme.

Governor's Fishing Opener was held on Rice Lake in Barron County. Gov. Tony Evers caught a northern pike, largemouth bass and several bluegills.

The computer barely had emailed the picture to fishing friends of a new, high-visibility, yellow-green, long-sleeve T-shirt ...