New York Fishing Report – September 12, 2025
The open lake season is winding down, but the opportunity for some of the largest king salmon of the season is happening here now.
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September 12, 2025
Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – September 12, 2025 – video
Big-time drop in water temps making things interesting for anglers.
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Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – September 12, 2025 – video
Some of the best fishing of the year is happening now, with the hottest bite on the rivers.
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Wisconsin loses conservationists Carl Batha, Carol Murphy
Wisconsin lost two hard-working conservationists in August, as Carl Batha, 78, and Carol Murphy, 64, passed away.
Batha, of Platteville, retired from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as a wildlife ecologist, and was heavily involved in bringing wild turkeys back to Wisconsin. Murphy enjoyed time outside with a fishing rod and took on challenges as president of the Harry and Laura Nohr Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
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Story of students processing a bear on Cornell University campus goes viral
The story of two Cornell University students butchering a legally-harvested bear in their college dorm kitchen has gone viral, garnering national headlines.
Although the students names or exact location of the hunt were not published, various news outlets are reporting on the incident, which has also been a hot topic on social media outlets.
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Bill Hilts, Jr.: Flipping out for water change fishing in New York’s Niagara River
When the winds of change blow on the Great Lakes, water is moved around – having a profound impact on where fish want to be. It was over 40 years ago when I first experienced a unique angling anomaly in Lake Ontario, and it continues to this day. Not too many people know about it, or so it seems. Maybe they want to keep it a “secret.”
When the wind blows out of the east for any length of time in the Western Basin of the lake, it pushes away the warm water. It is replaced with colder water. It scatters fish as they look for their preferred temperature zones.
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Illinois archers anticipating another good deer season; is a harvest record within reach?
Bow season opens on a Wednesday, making it fairly easy to predict a Day 1 harvest of 650 to 750 deer – give or take a hundred or so.
It’s a simple forecast to make based on hunter activity in past seasons. When Oct. 1 falls midweek, as it did in 2024 (a Tuesday), the harvest tends to be well below 1,000, while openers that hit on a weekend usually have hunters taking well over the 1,000 mark. Last season’s total archery harvest of 73,605 is expected to be in range for hunters, as the deer population remains steady. The record harvest of 75,106 set in 2020 is possible.
Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Sept. 12, 2025
Early signs of late summer, early fall crappie action. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Sept. 12, 2025.
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Wisconsin’s fall duck, goose outlook again on bright side
Spring waterfowl surveys point to stable population numbers and habitat conditions for migratory birds, so Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should be excited about the 2025 season.
Based on the available data, the DNR is expecting another great season for duck hunters in Wisconsin, according to Taylor Finger, the DNR’s waterfowl ecologist.
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