Your Daily Wisconsin Outdoor News Update – May 30, 2018
Chasing big walleyes with Mr. Walleye.
May 30, 2018
Your Daily Minnesota Outdoor News Update – May 30, 2018
What you can do to tap into the early season bit of big walleyes.
On select Wisconsin lakes, 28-inch muskie size limit encourages keepers
Muskies in those lakes exhibit slow growth rates and above-average natural reproduction.
Saginaw Bay coming off record walleye harvest during winter fishing
Anglers took 123,793 walleye, the most ever measured since creel surveys began on Saginaw Bay in 1983. Angler participation increased for January through March 2018 with a total of 545,226 angler hours, compared to the average winter of approximately 390,000 angler hours.
Time winding down to apply for Shimano scholarship program
LADSON, S.C. — For graduating high school seniors, undergrad and graduate students interested in fisheries, wildlife and natural resource fields of study, the application period for the Shimano Varsity Program Scholarships is winding down. Shimano North American Fishing, Inc., is awarding up to $30,000 in financial assistance to future leaders in conservation, fisheries and wildlife
Wisconsin DOJ charges lure-maker with bilking investors
Andrew Reynent, 37, of Cecil, Wisc., is accused of bilking investors in his Screamline Lures company for about $350,000 between 2015 and 2017 and spending it on personal expenses and gambling, according to reports. He is charged with seven counts of embezzlement of amounts ranging from $10,700 to $102,588. According to a WBAY.com report, the Wisconsin Department of Justice estimates $141,084 of
Colorado county opposes reintroduction of wolves
The Mesa County (Colo.) Commission has urged the federal government in a resolution to follow the recommendations of the Colorado Wildlife Commission, which opposes reintroduction of the gray wolf to Colorado, according to a recent story in The Daily Sentinel. “These animals are killers,” Commissioner Scott McInnis said in the story. “They have no place in this
Minnesota Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 1, 2018
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Smallmouth bass action has really picked up as of late2, especially for the bigger fish on the shallow rocks with plastics. Some walleyes continue to be found in shallow water during low-light periods, but the bigger numbers of walleyes have started coming off the deep
Pope & Young Club names record-tying non-typical Coues deer
The Pope & Young Club announced that a Coues deer taken by Wesley Ely of Wilcox, Ariz., in August 2017 in Arizona has tied the non-typical world record for the species. The buck, which was shot in velvet and stripped prior to the official measurement on May 19 in Phoenix, scored 139-2/8, tying the existing
