Community Events

Lake Koshkonong and the Rock River offer many opportunities for recreational activities year-round. Those activities include fishing, boating, canoeing, water skiing, sailing, swimming, ice fishing and snowmobiling.

Hoard Historical Museum

Rock-Koshkonong Fish Stocking Report

RECREATION NEWS

2011

• Rock River Trail initiative (Watertown Daily Times, 11-3-11)
• Koshkonong Poet (Isthmus, 11-10-11)
• Milton is home to historic Underground Railroad (JS Online, 11-25-11)
• New Maps Assist Koshkonong Rescues (Jefferson Daily Union, 10-11-11)
• Fisherman Not Involved in Fish Kill (Edgerton Reporter 7.13.2011)
• Men Sentened for Fish Killing (Channel 3000 6.28.2011)
• Newville's History Unrecorded (Lakes Edition 6.1.11)
• All About Bark River Hatchery (Lakes Edition, 6.1.11)
• Area Fishing Abounds (Lakes Edition, 6.1.11)
• DNR Don Bush Retires (Janesville Gazette 5.29.2011)
• Icecap goes out on Lake Koshkonong - (Jefferson Union 3.25.11)
• Airplane Crashes on Lake Koshkonong - (Edgerton Reporter 2.9.11)
• Charges Filed in Fish Kill Case - (Edgerton Reporter 2.9.11)
• Airplane Crashes on Koshkonong - (Jefferson Daily Union 2.7.11)
• Milton Man Establishes Record - (Janesville Gazette 2.6.11)
• Fishers Charged in Fish Kill -  (Janesville Gazette 2.2.11)
• Seiners Charged in Fish Kill - (Jefferson Daily Union 2.1.11)
• Koshkonong Access Cleanup - (Jefferson Daily Union 1.26.11)

2010

• 'Tis the Season to go Snowmobiling - Beloit Daily News (12.22.10)
• Open-lake duck hunt discussed - Jefferson Daily Union (10.28.2010)
• Bald Eagles Making Comeback in Southern Wisconsin - Channel 3000 (9.1.10)
• Dive team recovers evidence, victims - Janesville Gazette (9.1.10)
• Jorgensen Event At Norm's - (Edgerton Reporter 8.11.10)
• Rep. Andy Jorgensen wins FOLK Award - (Edgerton Reporter 8.11.10)
• Annual Lake Koshkonong Fireworks Display - Jefferson Daily Union (7.9.10)
• Volunteers are needed to help clean up Rock River - Watertown Times (6. 6.10)

2009

• Fall is fine for fishin - Janesville Gazette 9.30.09
• Carving a future - Janesville Gazette 8.23.09
• Vultures - Janesville Gazette 8.23.09
• Not Many Leaving Newville - Janesville Gazette 7.20.09
• Thumbs-Up To Flood Video Award (janesville Gazette 7.20.09
• Mock boat crash provides lake rescue training - Daily Jefferson County Union 07.16.09
• Koshkonong Creek - Edgerton Rerporter 5.13.09
• Ted Peck - Janesville Gazette 4.5.09
• RRSP Receives Life Saving Equip - Milton Courier 3.26.09
• Rock-River-Walleye-Action - Janesville Gazette, 3.22.09

2008

• Rock River Boat Patrol Saves Life - Edgerton Reporter 9.17.08
• Thumbs-Up to John Gage - Janesville Gazette, 9.8.08
• Exhibit explores duck hunting history on Lake Koshkonong - Janesville Gazette 9.10.08
• Carp seiners are a different breed and passionate about their work - Janesville Gazette 9.10.08
• Wave of Support at Fins - Edgerton Reporter 8.20.08
• Shoreline Fundraiser Winners - Edgerton Reporter 8.20.08
• Shoreline Clean-up Fundraiser - The Janesville Gazette 8.10.08
• They Heal the Land - The Janesville Gazette 8.10.08
• Awaiting the tourists - Janesville Gazette 8.4.08
• Turtle hunter is ducky friend - Janesville Gazette 8.2.08
• Flood could make for better fishing - Janesville Gazette 6.22.08
• RRSP Receives Donated Defrib - Milton Courier, 3.26.08
• It's Almost Here - April 6th looks like date for Walleye spawning on the Rock - The Janesville Gazette (02.20.08)
• Injury, cold can’t stop stunt rider’s return - The Janesville Gazette (02.20.08)

2007

• Windsurfer recovered dead - IL Southern (11.20.07)
• Surfer found dead - Janesville Gazette (11.20.07)
• August will go into the books as the wettest month ever in Janesville - The Janesville Gazette (6.22.07)
• Know Rules on Water Before You Shove Off - The Janesville Gazette (6.22.07)
• Buckhorn's Menu Goes Upscale - The Janesville Gazette (6.17.07)
• Harassment case a good lesson - Vilas County News Review (5.15.2007)
• Survey says: Protect Geneva Lake - The Janesville Gazette (4.24.07)
• City crews prepare for rising Rock River - The Janesville Gazette (4.14.07)
• Busseyville Bird Man - Janesville Gazette (4.8.07)
• Rock ‘N Row - Janesville Gazette (3.13.07)
• Father-son snowmobilers survive plunge into frigid Lake Koshkonong - Janesville Gazette (2007)
• Bounty Hunt Cancelled Again - Edgerton Reporter (2007)

2006-1998

• People swim after boat sinks on Koshkonong - The Janesville Gazette (2006)
• State classes will educate boaters - The Janesville Gazette (2006)
• Zaccari Says Goodbye to Campground 'Neighbors' - The Edgerton Reporter (2005)
  Working for Walleyes - (2005)
• Edgerton man's body recovered in Lake Koshkonong - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• Low water plagues those who boat on Rock River - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• 'Adult' owl turns out to be a big baby - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• Deluxe ice shanties can be a home away from home for anglers in winter - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• Edgerton men treated for hypothermia after breaking through ice - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• Anglers cautiously take to area lakes - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• Motorcyclists take to Lake Koshkonong for stunt competition - The Janesville Gazette (2005)
• Lake Koshkonong ice boom jars woman (2005)
• Great Lake for Walleye - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (2003)
• Weekend watercraft incidents renew call for riders to take required safety course - The Janesville Gazette (2001)
• Anglers like challenge of Koshkonong - The Janesville Gazette (1998)
• People from all over drop anchor at inn - The Janesville Gazette (1998)
• Lake has been anchor in life of longtime resident - The Janesville Gazette (1998)
• Fish (species) found in Lake Koshkonong - The Janesville Gazette (1998)
• Business prospers near lake - The Janesville Gazette (1998)
• Lake's ups and downs help fish - The Janesville Gazette (1998)
• People from all over drop anchor at inn - The Janesville Gazette (1998)