Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Aug. 2, 2024
Crappie hanging deeper, bass biting early in day. A look at the Illinois fishing report from across the state on Aug. 2, 2024.
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August 2, 2024
Here’s how to tighten your archery groups ahead of the hunting season
If you’re a bowhunter and you haven’t dusted off your rig this summer, it’s time to get going. We are less than two months from go-time in many states, and the clock is ticking. While this should be a time of heightened anticipation, it can also be frustrating, especially if you can’t get into the groove where your arrows end up where you point them.
Errant arrows and loose groups can stem from multiple issues. The first is one that should be obvious, but often isn’t.
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WI Daily Update: A precision approach for walleyes right now
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach says the walleyes
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Are we in the heyday of walleye fishing on Lake Erie? Experts say yes
Walleye fishing on Lake Erie is possibly the best it has ever been, and fisheries biologists don’t expect it to slow down anytime soon.
Several factors aligned to make the chances of catching a good-sized walleye – 18 inches or longer – better than ever. In the past six years, phenomenal hatches of walleyes, including the best on record in 2021, put more adult walleyes than ever recorded – 89 million in 2023 – in the lake, said Travis Hartman, Lake Erie Fisheries program administrator for the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife.
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MN Daily Update: A precision approach for walleyes right now
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach says the walleyes
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North Dakota goose-management hunt kicks off Aug. 15
Fall doesn’t officially begin until Sept. 22, but hunters can dust off their layout blinds and get their waders wet with North Dakota’s Canada goose August management take/early September season set for Aug. 15 through Sept. 20.
From a hunter’s perspective, the booming Canada goose population is a dream come true. However, it’s a huge headache for some small-grain farmers who feel like they’re constantly on a wild goose chase, dealing with flocks of birds eating up their profits.
“Our breeding population estimate continues to go up and up and up,” said Mike Szymanski, North Dakota Game and Fish Department migratory game bird management supervisor.
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Mike Schoonveld: Are intra-lake ballast regulators needed to control invasive species in Great Lakes?
There have been invasive species in the Great Lakes for more than a century.
Early on, few people were concerned with invasives and the efforts to curtail the early arrivals or prevent additional ones from becoming established. Fingers pointed to man-made canals when sea lampreys and alewives got into the “upper” lakes – the Great Lakes above Niagara Falls, specifically, the Erie Canal that connected the upper lakes to the Hudson River which flowed freely into the Atlantic at New York, and the Welland Canal connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, bypassing Niagara Falls.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania Game Commission adds to state game lands months after being questioned about the topic
Five months after the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s former executive director was lectured by state senators in a hearing about the agency having too much state game land, the agency announced in July it was adding more than 5,000 acres to the nearly 1.6 million acres it controls.
I always thought adding to the game lands was a good thing. But I’ll won’t forget Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-Butler, Clarion, Erie, Forest, Venango and Warren counties, saying the following at the Feb. 8 hearing:
“It’s a philosophical question – if you have fewer hunters and you keep increasing the amount of land, that doesn’t jive, it just doesn’t seem to make sense.”
Steve Carney: There are two top options for midsummer walleyes
The hot, summer weather is here for a while, and I’ve made a few changes to walleye presentations that have worked well. Walleyes are predominantly in deep water right now, and these two methods are reliable and easy to deploy.
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