Yellow River
A river in Wisconsin
About Yellow River
This Yellow River runs 53 miles through the central Wisconsin sand country of Juneau County, past Necedah, before reaching the Wisconsin River. The survey gives it 801 acres of surface and 173 miles of bank. Wisconsin has several rivers by this name; this is the one in the Juneau County lowlands.
Smallmouth bass is the only state fisheries designation on it, classified across four habitat types including nursery water and both non-wadable substrates — a spread that suggests a river changing character between its upper and lower reaches.
There is no public boat landing catalogued anywhere on it. That does not make it closed water; it means no public access has been recorded, which on a river of this kind usually means bridge crossings, canoe put-ins that nobody has catalogued, and quiet.
Check the current Wisconsin DNR regulations before keeping fish.
Written from Wisconsin DNR hydrography and fisheries data, and from Yellow River – Necedah — Wisconsin River Trips. State water ID WBIC 1352800.
How the state manages it
- smallmouth · Non-Wadable Coarse Substrate; Non-Wadable Fine Substrate; Wadable Nursery Waters; Wadable Warm Water
Wisconsin DNR fisheries designations. These describe how the water is managed, not what is in it on any given day.
Fishing license
Wisconsin sells them online. Buy one from the state. We don’t know whether you need one — that depends on your age, where you live, the water, and what your guide’s own license covers.