The Brule river is a beautiful free flowing Lake Superior tributary in northern Wisconsin. The lower river, covering 13 miles, offers anglers solitude as well as some outstanding fishing. The resident fish include brookies, browns, and rainbows, all hard fighting fish that can be caught year round. The river might be better known for its lake run fish, including steelhead, lake run browns, coho salmon, and a small chinock run. A stray pink salmon and possibly even a coaster can all be caught in the Brule. The lake run browns usually begin appearing in the river, with the peak in the second half of August. These fish are catchable throughout the fall season and may even stay the winter in the river. The Steelhead runs starts in the fall and can bring on as many as 5,000 steelhead, with some fishing approaching 10 pounds. The Coho run is slightly smaller, around 1,500 fish, but some of these fish can get big, 10-12 pounds isn't uncommon. Kings also run in the fall, but aren't very plentiful in the Brule. Spring brings another run of steelhead with many of these fish approaching 30 inches. The run is usually smaller then fall, but the spring seems to be the tiem people catch the most fish. The flows are usually pretty good after all the snow and the fish continually stream into the river.