Overall, the striped bass and blackfishing have been excellent, with the bluefishing becoming spottier except around Montauk and the east end. The largest stripers have been west of Fire Island Inlet. Also, expect a wave of large bass to be on herring as the gannets have arrived, a sign that the herring are arriving. The […]
Most of the focus has been on hunting lately. A few nice bucks have been shot, and hunters are shooting a lot of does. Anglers are waiting for ice. There has been some skim ice in the mornings, but with highs in the 40s during the day, nothing has covered over. Fuzzy’s General Store &
Joe Albert Associate Editor Deer regulations. Predictably, there’s been a lot of discussion recently in regards to deer hunting. Consider: € For the third consecutive week, Strib columnist Ron Schara has complained about the complexity of the deer hunting regulations in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. € After listening to Rob Drieslein talk about it on
Cayuga Lake: There are landlocked salmon and brown trout in the larger tributaries, like Fall Creek. Jigging with spoons or plastics in 80 to 100 feet of water is producing a few lake trout, landlocked salmon and the occasional brown trout. Yellow perch are hitting on minnows and worms. Seneca Lake: Northern pike have been
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Albany – Hunting license sales in New York may take as much as a double-digit drop this year, just a year after hunter numbers seemingly stabilized. The decline potentially carries a huge ripple effect through DEC and in the state’s Conservation Fund, which is fueled largely by license sales and already facing a massive deficit
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Black Lake: Not many anglers out on the lake now, with deer season winding down and the weather getting colder. Most are now awaiting first ice, and that’s not likely to arrive in the near future. St. Lawrence River: Some good muskies were being taken, the most noteworthy catch a 56-incher. Some of the more
Dean Bortz Wisconsin Editor When I was a kid, my brothers and sisters and I would ask our dad’s mother, who we called Grandma Bortz, why she always carried a heavy wooden stick when she took a walk. Her answer was the same every time we asked the question: She said she carried the stick
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Madison – Long-time Eagle River guide and sport shop owner George Langley says the new rule requiring anglers to kill all unused bait before leaving any water body statewide is a case of hitting a nail with a sledgehammer rather than a hammer. “The angling community really wants to cooperate with the DNR, but they’ve
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