Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – June 30, 2025
The jig bite remains strong. Many anglers are still anchoring up or spot-locking and working a jig tipped with a frozen emerald shiner.
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June 30, 2025
Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting issue swaddled in hypocrisy
The debate over Sunday hunting legislation has been beaten to death in Pennsylvania, but the latest banter has revealed quite a bit of hypocrisy.
And a few problems. First, I believe Sunday hunting is a big enough issue that, as a bill, it should stand on its own. A single subject bill – as the Sunday bill should be – ensures that an issue is judged – and voted on – based on its own merit. Should we lift all restrictions on Sunday hunting Pennsylvania, or not?
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Michigan task force recommends more info on life-cycle of steelhead
What Michigan steelhead experts know is how little they know about parts of the life-cycle of these migratory rainbow trout, and they’re mapping ways to fix that.
DNR Lake Michigan Basin Fisheries Coordinator Jay Wesley, Michigan Trout Unlimited’s Brian Burroughs, and former Natural Resources Commission member David Cozad briefed the commission, which oversees DNR policies and programs, on research sifted and compiled by the Steelhead Task Group.
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MN Daily Update: Drawdown on Lake Maria in Murray County this summer
The Minnesota DNR reminds state citizens that a drawdown is
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A surge in camping demand for state parks and forests in Pennsylvania
As summer kicks off, camping is booming in state parks and forests across Pennsylvania. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reports an overall 10% jump in campsite reservations – up 60% in some areas – compared to this time last year with more than 5,400 additional bookings, reflecting strong demand for outdoor recreation statewide.
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Jeremiah Haas: Finding other advocates for the outdoors
Many fathers across the Midwest celebrated Father’s Day with barbeques, boating or other family-oriented activities outside. Personally, I had a fishing and kayaking clinic on Saturday, then spent Sunday at home with my family, although we did head out for a canoe paddle in the evening.
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Outdoor horoscopes for the week of June 30 to July 6, 2025
♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) Yes, the pileated
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Maryland snakehead record broken by 21.8-pounder
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently recognized Matt Foreman, of Crownsville, as the new state record holder for Chesapeake channa – also known as northern snakehead (Channa argus) – in the state’s Invasive Division.
Foreman caught the 21.8-pound fish by bowfishing on the evening of June 7 in the Susquehanna River below the Conowingo Dam.
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WI Daily Update: DNR Enforcement to take part in ‘Operation Dry Water’ over holiday weekend
Wisconsin DNR conservation wardens and local law enforcement will be
