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Bois Brule River

Type
Freestone river, Wisconsin (Midwest)
Designation
Class 1 trout stream
USGS gauges
1 live
Guides
None listed
Shops
2 nearby

Today on the Bois Brule River

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Regulations & access Guides & shops

The Bois Brule River is a freestone river in Wisconsin, listed as Class 1 trout stream by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

More about the Bois Brule River

1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 2 shops nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Class I Trout Streams, USGS Water Data

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Where it is

Bois Brule River is a freestone river in Wisconsin.

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Where to fish

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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

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Wisconsin trout stream classification maps

Bois Brule River on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Bois Brule River: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Bois Brule River with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Bois Brule River

Restrooms near Bois Brule River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Bois Brule River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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  • The Bois Brule River at Winneboujou in winter, dark water between snowy banks and evergreensClass 1 trout streamRepresentative photo · not Pine River
    Photo credit

    The Bois Brule River at the County Highway B landing (Winneboujou), Wisconsin. Photo: Kriz420 (Wikimedia Commons user), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pine River.

    Pine River

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  • Sepia-toned view of Timber Coulee Creek flowing past tall grass below an old wooden barnClass 1 trout streamRepresentative photo · not Popple River
    Photo credit

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  • Aerial view of the Kickapoo River curving past a grassy landing lined with canoes and kayaksClass 1 trout streamRepresentative photo · not Chemical Creek
    Photo credit

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  • The shallow, clear Boardman River flowing between spruce and pine near Traverse CityClass 1 trout streamRepresentative photo · not Murphy Creek
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  • The Whitewater River curving past a gravel bar and green summer growth in Whitewater State ParkClass 1 trout streamRepresentative photo · not Hunting River
    Photo credit

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Regulations

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Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Class 1 trout stream

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.

Guides and shops near Bois Brule River

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Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 40 miles yet.

All Wisconsin guides

2 shops nearby

All Wisconsin shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

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The hatch and season chart for this water's region.

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Driftless
About this chart

12 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Minnesota Trout Unlimited (secondary sources: an angling organisation or magazine, not an agency).

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: 3 charted hatches
  5. May: 9 charted hatches
  6. June: 8 charted hatches
  7. July: 7 charted hatches
  8. August: 3 charted hatches
  9. September: 1 charted hatch
  10. October: no charted hatch
  11. November: no charted hatch
  12. December: no charted hatch

Giant stone (salmonfly) (April to May) · Hendrickson (April to June) · Little black caddis (April to May) · American grannom (Mother's Day caddis) (May to July) · Brown drake (May to June) · Light Hendrickson or pale evening dun (May to June) · and 6 more on the chart

Plan a trip here

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Gear checklist

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A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands on a boulder at the edge of a fast forest stream and fishes the run

Small mountain streams

7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Sources for this page

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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the USGS gauge BRULE RIVER NEAR COMMONWEALTH, WI. Water type is our own classification.