Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2021
Charter captain Dumper Dan Welsch says the coho bite is
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May 23, 2025
42 years later, these trout habitat ‘tools’ still at work in Wisconsin
Anglers wading and floating small trout rivers and streams this month may not even notice them, but LUNKERS structures have – and still do – play a key role in stream management.
“It’s not exactly poetic, but it sure took over,” chuckled John “Duke” Welter, referring to an acronym that doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue: LUNKERS, or Little Underwater Neighborhood Keepers Encompassing Rheotactic Salmonids.”
In more palatable terms, LUNKERS are wooden structures built and placed into Wisconsin streams for more than 40 years.
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Wisconsin’s new DNR secretary hits the ground running
It’s all about public service and doing something to benefit the state’s natural resources.
That’s why Karen Hyun, Ph.D., the new DNR secretary, told Wisconsin Outdoor News she took the job leading an agency that is often in the middle of political battles. “I really like public service, and there’s a lot of good that you can do, particularly in the conservation and environmental world,” Hyun said.
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Wisconsin’s statewide fishing report on May 23, 2025
Anticipation of improved action rises as cold front passes. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report on May 23, 2025.
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Iowa’s statewide fishing report on May 23, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on May 23, 2025.
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MN Daily Update: Fishing walleyes on waters without the classic walleye structure
According to Mr. Walleye, Gary Roach, there’s a lot of
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Want more Black Hills trout fishing? Bring in the beavers
If you’re an angler who’s spent any time trout fishing in the Black Hills, you know what makes it special: cold, clear streams, shaded banks, and pockets of deep, slow-moving pools.
But here’s the catch. Those pools are disappearing. And so are the beavers that create and maintain them. So, wildlife officials and volunteers in South Dakota are taking action. A sharp drop in beaver activity in the Black Hills has prompted the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission to advance a two-year moratorium on beaver trapping in the region.
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Ticks, and the disease risks that come with them, are widespread in Michigan
Ticks it seems – like the ‘water water’ made famous by Coleridge’s ancient mariner – are everywhere. Also like the mariner’s water, they have no immediate value.
Ecologists constantly remind us that every living thing occupies an important niche in an ecosystem. If we disrupt one link in the ecological chain, we’ve harmed the whole thing. The scientific literature is surprisingly silent regarding the value of ticks, though.
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New York crossbow bill advances in ENCON committees
Bipartisan legislation to expand crossbow hunting in New York is working its way through both the Senate and the Assembly. If eventually passed, the bill, which amends environmental conservation law, would allow the potential use of crossbows during any big game season and in any area longbows are permitted.
The bill, A08330A/S06360-A, cleared the Environmental Conservation Committees in both the Senate and the Assembly, where it has hit a roadblock in the past.
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