New York Fishing Report – January 3-10, 2025
Yellow perch are showing in the inner Buffalo Harbor and have readily been hitting live minnows.
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January 3, 2025
Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – January 3, 2025 – video
What anglers are catching here – and where they’re catching ’em.
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Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – January 3, 2025 – video
Steelhead fishing has still been good. As for the ice-fishing action …
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Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2001
Dan and Jeff wish everyone a Happy New Year. The
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State record saugeye earns ‘fish of the year’ from Illinois
Illinois fishermen begin 2025 the same way they begin most years – confident this will be the year someone finally catches a largemouth bass that tops the most coveted state record.
Alas, 2024 began with similar confidence. And last year ended with typical results: nobody came close to breaking the largemouth bass record. So, come next February – Feb. 15, 2026, to be exact – it will be 50 years since the 13-pound, 1-ounce largemouth was hooked at Stone Quarry in Lake County.
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Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Jan. 3, 2025
Panfish dominating winter fishing scene so far in ’25. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Jan. 3, 2025.
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Iowa hunters have shot 87,000 deer this year as focus shifts to late season opportunities
With the two regular gun seasons in the books, Iowa’s deer hunting has shifted to a more solitary endeavor with the opening of the late muzzleloader season and the reopening of the archery season.
Jace Elliott, state deer biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said roughly 15-20,000 hunters will participate in the late muzzleloader season and likely harvest about 10,000 deer.
Want to hunt Western big game? Know these tips for navigating tag systems
If you want to hunt Western states in 2025 and beyond for elk, deer, pronghorns or other big game, start learning all you can about each state’s wildlife programs and application systems.
Don’t be discouraged if you feel like you’re treading water the first week. No two states offer the same wildlife species, wildlife numbers, license requirements or application systems and deadlines. You’ll feel frustrated trying to learn what’s behind every door, but the sooner you start, the better odds you’ll have to draw coveted tags each fall.
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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Early catch-and-release inland trout season to run Jan. 4 through May 2
Wisconsin’s early catch-and-release inland trout season using artificial lures only started Jan. 4 and runs through May 2 on designated streams. Anglers are encouraged to reduce their reel and handling time with the fish as much as possible.
