Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 29, 2025
One tactic for brown trout anglers is to work the stained Oak River plume when everything else is clear.
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April 29, 2025
Outdoors policy provisions in Minnesota remain in legislative limbo
As the state Senate’s environment bill approached the Senate Finance Committee in Minnesota, it was stacked with both policy and budgetary recommendations.
However, Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, author of the omnibus bill, S.F. 2077, axed all of the policy-related items from the bill when it was discussed by the finance committee on Monday, April 28.
“We will remove the controversial policy, and policy that has no fiscal note, out of this bill. So I’m just going to cut to the chase,” Hawj said at the finance committee hearing.
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Black bear sightings on the rise in Northeast Iowa
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been meeting with officials from local conservation boards, police departments, sheriff’s offices and dispatchers from counties in northeast Iowa to discuss how to respond to black bears in the spring.
The DNR said in a release issued on April 29 that encounters with bears are likely becoming more common in this region of the state.
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Rice Lake summer fishing can be an ‘adventure’ in Fulton County, Ill.
Predators create an attraction at the Rice Lake complex, with both northern pike and alligator gars swimming – and eating – in the collection of lakes and backwaters near the Illinois River in Fulton County.
The Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area lies adjacent to the river and includes a collection of lakes ranging in size from Duck Island Little Lake (57 acres) to Rice Lake (1,400 acres).
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Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Improper tagging of whitetails in Fayette County
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois CPOs. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Migration of monarch butterflies hits Illinois
After stalling in Oklahoma in early April as they waited for milkweed to emerge, the butterflies have now crossed into Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, according to Journey North. The ones that reach Illinois are often a second generation – the offspring of the monarchs that left Mexico.
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Camera capture of Pike County mountain lion confirmed by Illinois DNR
Illinois DNR has confirmed a mountain lion sighting by a turkey hunter searching his trail camera for turkey action in Pike County. Photos and video clips from the camera of Brent Jordan in Pike County were investigated by DNR.
“Nothing unusual to have 100, 200 pictures a day to go through, randomly scrolled through to see what’s on the camera, and then . . . we got something a little different on the camera,” Jordan said.
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Illinois Mixed Bag: Fish salvage declaration at Little Grassy Lake
Illinois DNR issued a fish salvage declaration for Little Grassy Lake in response to rehabilitation plans for the Little Grassy Lake dam and spillway. Salvage may be conducted until April 1, 2026. Aquatic life may be taken by a person possessing a valid sport fishing license or a combination hunting and fishing license.
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