Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – October 14, 2024
The colder water temps have the fish snapping.
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October 14, 2024
Dan Ladd: Here’s why print still matters in outdoors media
For nearly 30 years, before I came to New York Outdoor News, I worked for a media company, which in the beginning served primarily print customers. Over time, however that changed as the company found seriously profitable ways to market its data for digital platforms as they continued to develop.
About halfway through my career there I changed jobs, moving from what was considered a “cutting edge” electronic data department to one that serviced print clients. Some of my friends and co-workers thought I was delusional. “Print’s going way,” so many of them said, or something like “you’re going backward.”
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After more than a century, American paddlefish are swimming again in Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji
After more than 100 years, they’re back! The much anticipated re-stocking of the American paddlefish into Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji began Tuesday, Oct. 8 with a release at the Emerson Bay Boat Ramp in Emerson Bay.
“Our hatchery staff did a great job of dialing in the hauling densities and handling techniques,” said Mike Hawkins, Iowa DNR Fisheries Biologist.
A total of 1,900 paddlefish, which had been raised at the Lake Rathbun Hatchery and transported to Spirit Lake, were then placed in tanks at the Spirit Lake Hatchery and after stress relief, they were then stocked in West Lake Okoboji over a period of several days.
Yellowstone Lake in Lafayette County, Wis., suffering algae blooms, but fishery strong
Yellowstone Lake was surveyed by the local DNR team in 2018 and 2019 to assess the lake’s popular fishery. Although some the density for some species was down from a 2014 survey, the numbers remain solid.
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Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Oct. 18, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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Ask a fisheries biologist: Wisconsin’s fish that spawn in the fall
“The spring spawn gets a lot of attention. Spring is when some of our most popular species, including sturgeon, muskellunge, and walleye, go through their reproductive acts. Bass and panfish are also spring spawners, but their time comes a little later in the warmer months.
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Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Car reported stolen in 1990 found in Wisconsin River near Lone Rock
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from Wisconsin DNR. These reports are from the Oct. 18, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Chris Shea named Shikar Safari Club wildlife officer of the year
Chris Shea, a lieutenant conservation warden supervisor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), received the 2023 Shikar Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award at the Sept. 25 meeting of the Natural Resources Board (NRB).
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Wisconsin DNR confirms EHD in Jackson, Chippewa, Waukesha counties
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed that tissue samples collected from one deer in Chippewa County, two deer in Jackson County and one deer in Waukesha County have tested positive for the virus that causes epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD).
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