Wisconsin’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 31, 2025
Ice conditions and lake access the best in a long time. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report on Jan. 31, 2025.
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January 31, 2025
WI Daily Update: A tip-down setup for more northern pike
Tim Lesmeister is catching a lot more northern pike utilizing
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Nonresident hunters and anglers are a revenue boon to South Dakota, and some are about to pay more
South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department’s Wildlife Division has released year-to-date data on hunting and fishing license sales, and one thing is clear: Nonresidents bring in a lot of revenue. And with fee increases on the way, nonresidents are likely to start bringing in even more.
Ben Moyer: Will winter-kill of whitetails return to Pennsylvania this year?
The complexity of managing white-tailed deer in today’s world has become apparent to all stakeholders. But deer management may be about to become even more complicated because of the possible reemergence of a variable we haven’t thought about for decades in Pennsylvania – winter mortality.
Readers who lived through the 1960s and ‘70s recall deer winter-kill was a continual concern among hunters and wildlife managers. In northern mountains, trout anglers then often reported dead deer along streams as the snow melted in April.
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Man pleads guilty to poaching popular buck known as ‘King Louie’ in New York
A Montgomery County man faces over $3,000 in fines and court fees after pleading guilty to four charges connected to an early December poaching incident of a popular trophy caliber buck.
According to police reports, in the early morning hours of Dec. 5, Christopher Brownell, of Fultonville, illegally killed what would have been a New York State record book buck. The buck, known locally as King Louie, was recognizable as it carried a massive, palmated set of antlers and was thought to be 8.5 years old at the time of his demise.
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Episode 525 – Land Tawney returns to conservation scene, CWD updates, meet Natalie Ryder
Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman launch the show talking about
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MN Daily Update: A tip-down setup for more northern pike
Tim Lesmeister is catching a lot more northern pike utilizing
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Outdoor Insights: A special muskie regulation on Minnesota’s Leech Lake?
Leech Lake and its muskies have become ground zero in debate about forward-facing sonar and whether new regulations could protect big fish later into summer.
A document – “Minnesota’s Muskie Dilemma” – reached my email in-box last week that outlines growing concern about the “over-catching” phenomena there in early summer using FFS in combination with other gadgets.
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Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania readers not fans of recent story that ran
When we needed a filler story last issue, I chose the piece about “Buzzard man” in Ohio, who has killed 12,000 groundhogs, even though the story made me feel a bit uncomfortable. (I find it unseemly when someone brags about outlandish hunting and fishing exploits.) But we had a great photo of the guy, he is ex-military and we were on deadline, so I pulled the trigger. (See what I did there?)
Turns out, the Buzzard man story bothered long-time reader Joe McDonald, of McClure, Pa., way more than it did me, but for an entirely different reason. And he made some valid points.
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