New York Fishing Report – August 18-25, 2023
Anglers are reporting excellent smallmouth bass fishing here with most effort on the east end near Buffalo.
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August 18, 2023
Chain sinkers for walleyes – video
“Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests using a bait-casting reel with 10-pound fluorocarbon line and using live bait rigs with nightcrawlers or leeches.
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North Dakota Fishing Report – August 18, 2023 – video
The walleye bite has remained the same and trolling is still producing the most fish.
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Camera study sheds light on how bucks shift from summer to fall
A month or so out from a new deer season, we’re learning something new – or maybe not so new – about scouting bucks on late-summer trail cameras.
What you see now is not necessarily what you can expect later. That’s not exactly shocking news, but deer biologists in a university study did have an interesting assessment of camera scouting right before a deer season begins. The Illinois archery season, which launches Oct. 1, will go on with camera research or without it. Hunters who have put in the time and work to select a treestand site are eager to assess their own research and decision making.
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Episode 27 — First Anniversary with Steve Piatt
The Great Northeast Podcast celebrates its first year with its
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Illinois’ statewide fishing report for Aug. 18, 2023
Catfish bite continues to be consistent in big lakes. A look at the fishing report from across Illinois on Aug. 18, 2023.
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National waterfowl population survey shows 7% decline in breeding ducks from 2022
On Aug. 18, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS, Canadian Wildlife Service and other partners.
Total populations were estimated at 32.3 million breeding ducks in the traditional survey area, a 7% drop from 2022’s estimate of 34.7 million and 9% below the long-term average (since 1955). Ducks Unlimited Chief Scientist Dr. Steve Adair said in a press release that the overall numbers reflect a complex relationship between waterfowl, weather and habitat availability.
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Common carp control: Minnesota researchers seek method to curb reproduction
Julie Badger saw a problem and wanted to fix it.
The incoming fourth-year doctoral student at the University of Minnesota recognizes that invasive common carp are a problem for lakes and rivers in Minnesota and wanted to help find a way to eliminate some of them.
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Notes off a soiled cuff: A close look at catfish in Pennsylvania waters
“The Fish Commission is stocking truckloads of flathead catfish, an invasive species, into the Susquehanna River, which will ultimately destroy the smallmouth fishery,” he wrote.
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