Ice conditions were holding up into late March, but keep an eye on changing conditions and especially shore ice. Reports from Fish307.com in Lake George say that Harris, Sawmill, Huddle, Dunhams and Basin bays along with many small bays on Lake George were still producing some nice perch along with a few lake trout and […]
The cod fishing off Montauk Point remains excellent, with several open boats reporting pool fish in the 20- to 30-pound class among catches of 200 to 300 fish. There are plenty of ling along with a few pollack and hake mixed in with the cod. Clams are the top bait. Red, white or pink teasers
Recently, Gov. Tim Pawlenty traveled to the bovine TB area in northwestern Minnesota and, according to news reports, gave his thumbs up to the DNR’s deer decimation strategy. Wild deer are thought to be a TB vector, so greatly reducing deer numbers minimizes their contact with local cattle. Though tough on deer, the eradication strategy
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Madison – The Natural Resources Board granted the wishes of many anglers and the Legislature when it recently relaxed rules involving viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), to allow anglers to reuse minnows. The change will allow fishermen to take minnows off the water and reuse them later if they were purchased from a Wisconsin bait dealer
Madison – After setting a new state record bow deer kill and posting the second-highest combined gun and bow harvest last season, Wisconsin hunters are still looking at the return of an October antlerless-only gun deer hunt in much of the state. Keith Warnke, DNR big-game biologist, said the agency is recommending the mid-October season
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April 12: Trout & bass seasons open, Delaware River & West Branch of the Delaware, Pa-N.Y border water sections. April 14: Bass season closes, Greenwood Lake. April 15: Bass season, catch & release, opens, Greenwood Lake. April 15: Striped bass season opens, marine waters. April 15: Beaver trapping season closes, WMUs 6A, 6C & 6H.
Walleye fishing is under way on the Wisconsin River. Work the deep pools and river bends with heavier jigs, tipped with fatheads. Anglers can still cash in on late-ice crappies and bluegills; they’re taking rocker-style jigs tipped with waxies or spikes. There also are a fair number of crappies and a few jumbo perch hitting
Dean Bortz Wisconsin Editor THINGS ARE SHAPING UP for this to be a great year for late-winter panfishing. As of late last week, we were still making ice in northern Wisconsin, believe it or not. Daytime highs above freezing have burned off much of the snow cover on most lakes, but overnight lows were hitting
Ice fishing continues – anglers are going out in droves, drilling lots of holes, moving about, and having excellent success with panfish. The bluegill bite has come on strong. Fish around weeds in 15 feet of water or less. Some nice bluegills are being caught. Crappies are in up to 35 feet of water and
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