Bill Stokes

Wisconsin had a big party in 1998. It was a roll-out-the-barrel, slice-the-cheese, strike-up-the-polka-band wing-ding....

There is a haunted house up there that squats like a huge wooden toad behind a thick grove of pine trees on the end of a dead end road....

Crossing the wild water was crazy, I knew, but I had a desperate need to bag the buck....

Satchel was the undisputed king of the resident muskies....

The adventure of a boy on a fox hunt....

Never in my many years of practicing journalism have I ever experienced the kind of reader response this series of articles about my experiences with alcohol generated....

An experienced trout fisherman reminisces about the love of opening day in various location in Wisconsin....

In these stories, popular Chicago Tribune outdoor columnist Bill Stokes gives himself over to his true passion, trout fishing....

Stokes, through his memories and wit, provides opportunities to learn through laughter, sharing of memories and love....

For 10 years Bill Stokes was a roving reporter and columnist for the Milwaukee Journal. He has written reams of material about his vivid impressions of people, animals, events, personal activities, and "things in general". Through his travels, Bill has met with the unusual and unique to the...