LAKE WISSOTA, Wis. (WEAU) - After a cancellation in 2024 due to poor conditions, the Jig’s Up ice fishing event returns to Lake Wissota. “We are very happy to be back on the ice,” said UW-Eau Claire ...

LAKE WISSOTA — Jon Sykes hooked a minnow through its lips and slowly lowered the bait through a hole in the ice with a hand-over-hand motion. The Eau Claire resident said that there were definitely ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (XCEL ENERGY PRESS RELEASE) - With the fishing opener around the corner, anglers may find a few new hot fishing spots on Lake Wissota after two significant fish habitat improvement ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - An interesting project is coming along in the waters of Lake Wissota in Chippewa County. “And they are clusters of hard wood trees, cabled together and placed on the ice ...

With a blue, expansive lake at its center, Lake Wissota State Park near Chippewa Falls allows guests to enjoy time both on the land and in the water. The state park, open year round, is home to a vast ...

Old newspaper clippings included in Lake Wissota: The Dam Story, a book released this summer by the Chippewa County Historical Society, details efforts to spread the word on the resource, once ...