Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 22, 2025
Diversity is the name of the game in the Lake Ontario Orleans County waters.
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July 22, 2025
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July 22, 2025
As expected this time of year, most anglers are now pulling spinners with crawlers or trolling crankbaits, two proven techniques that are putting good numbers of walleyes and saugers in the boat.
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South Dakota Fishing Report – July 22, 2025 – video
Despite the heat and having to dodge storms, quite a few walleyes have been caught lately. The best presentations have been pulling crankbaits or using crawlers on Slow Death or Search baits.
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Minnesota’s spring count of ruffed grouse dips, expectedly
The 2025 statewide population index of Minnesota’s most iconic game bird – the ruffed grouse – is lower than last year, according to the results of the Minnesota DNR’s annual spring survey.
Ruffed grouse drumming counts were 1.8 statewide, down from 2.3 drums per stop last year. The drop was not unexpected, DNR officials say, because 2024 was the highest 10-year cycle population peak for ruffed grouse since 1972.
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Mill Creek boosted by channel cat, muskie stockings in eastern Illinois
The effort to thin out Mill Creek Lake’s bass population in order to boost size structure in the species appears to be working – even if gradually so.
There have been no recent sampling reports on the lake, but late-summer fishing tournaments held on Mill Creek in 2024 revealed a number of larger bass being boated.
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Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the July 25, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Man doesn’t learn his lesson about snagging fish in restricted waters
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the July 25, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Hunter safety courses set in west-central Illinois
DNR has two hunter safety education courses scheduled for August and September in West-Central Illinois. Both courses are being offered in Adams County.
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Value of Illinois’ hunting land remains very strong
Recreational land values remain exceptionally strong in the state, according to the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraiser.
A recent Trends Report by that organization put the total value per acre of recreational land in the western region of Illinois at $6,600 per acre for 2024. That’s a 10% increase from the previous year.
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