With ice fishing essentially done for the winter, anglers are now turning to open water possibilities on the famed Catskill trout waters. Right now, however, they’re limited by high water and cold temperatures. Snowmelt and spring rains will likely make it challenging to wet a line, but for those who must, keep in mind that […]
Fort Collins, Colo. (AP) – A northern Colorado wolf sanctuary won’t have to tear down fences for four new animal enclosures if it pays $82.50 for a building permit. The sanctuary, called Wolves Offered Life and Friendship or WOLF, was warned by Larimer County last month it would have to tear down the fences or
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Chicago – Lake Michigan salmon are going through a transition stage, mostly due a drop in the lake’s forage base. Actually, experts are describing the forage base as being at a record low. Many sportsfishermen feel it has become do or die for the fishery. And all of this after several years of record catches.
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Oneida Lake: Use extreme caution and avoid areas around flowing water and pressure cracks. There is water on the ice, so creepers or Korkers are recommended – if you can even get out at all by now. Oswego River: The river flow had dropped and was at around 5,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) earlier
NORTHEAST METRO The St. Croix River is producing crappies over 30 to 40 feet. There’s a night bite for crappies on White Bear Lake in 10 to 15 feet. Look to Lake Jane for crappies in 15 to 20 feet during the evening hours. Sunfish reports are mixed with some bigger fish coming off Powers
Baudette, Minn. – Sixty to 70 degrees, breezy, and sunny can do serious damage to March ice in Minnesota. But as the ice deteriorates on state lakes, ice-out boat angling is near, and hoards of walleye anglers prepare to travel north to fish the Rainy River. As of earlier this week, ice fishing was wrapping
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Panfishing on the Chetek chain has been keeping fishermen on the move. Now is the time of the year to catch the bigger panfish. Fishermen are getting plenty of activity in 5 to 10 feet of water where there is plenty of weed cover. Baits that seem to be working are small, dark plastic jigs
Springfield – The illegal transfer of state habitat funds created a nervous delay, but DNR finally approved Illinois Pheasant Fund Committee recommendations earlier this month, granting about $300,000 for state habitat projects. The approval usually takes place in November. “We’re getting into planting season, so we are cutting it close,” Aaron Kuehl, state conservation director
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St. Lawrence River: Ice conditions remained adequate at last look, with some good fishing, notably for perch. Bluegills were being caught in Lake of the Isles. Black Lake: Ice conditions were a bit sloppy at last report, but anglers were still getting on as of the closing the pike season. And you can bet some
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