Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Sept. 15 to Sept. 21, 2025
♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’ll finally reach
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September 15, 2025
Town boards still awaiting Wisconsin legislators’ action on statewide wake boat laws
From the arrival of summer a few short months ago, silent sport enthusiasts and high-powered motorboat owners have enjoyed Wisconsin lakes. As these activities wind down, the question is when do the rights of one group infringe on lake health and the enjoyment by others?
The unanswered question centers on wake boats. Since the expected legislation to restrict wake boat use wasn’t introduced at the state level, local governments have now stepped in to fill that void.
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Ohio’s Lake Erie fish ‘cutters’ stay busy with day’s haul
A necessary evil of catching fish from Lake Erie is that in order to enjoy their culinary benefits they must be processed in some manner.
Most species are typically filleted, skinned, and de-boned, while others are just beheaded and gutted. And in the case of catfish, filleted and usually skinned, depending upon the intended method of cooking. Some of the state parks located on bodies of water where fish are often harvested have a fish cleaning facility to process fish.
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State Roundup: Does Wisconsin put enough emphasis on catching poachers?
Outdoor News recently ran a story from a Boone and Crockett Club research project that, at first cut, tells us as few as 4% to 5% of all fish and game poaching violations are discovered by wardens, reported by citizens, investigated and eventually adjudicated.
Now, this story just scratches the surface of that research work, and that project likely just scratches the surface of what’s actually happening in the field. There’s a lot of poaching going on out there. That makes me wonder if state natural resource agencies are putting enough emphasis on catching violators.
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Will Illinois join movement to restrict fishing technology?
Moves by national organizations to address the use of technology in competitive fishing have yet to impact Illinois anglers, but DNR and the Illinois High School Association continue to monitor use of forward-facing sonar (FFS).
That’s a long way of saying, “There are no regulations – yet.”
Illinois has no statewide ban on FFS for recreational anglers, and the technology has been under review by DNR.
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MN Daily Update: Public can comment on plan to rescind roadless rule in national forests
The Trump administration recently announced its intention to rescind the
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WI Daily Update: Public can comment on plan to rescind roadless rule in national forests
The Trump administration recently announced its intention to rescind the
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New York DEC conducting review of Lake George salmon; results may impact future stocking
Few anglers spend as much time fishing the depths of Lake George as Burke Collins. Year-round, he is fishing through the ice or from his kayak, and he’s caught hundreds and hundreds of lake trout, many topping 30 inches.
What Collins has only seen a few of, though, are the landlocked Atlantic salmon that are stocked by the thousands in the lake each year.
“I’ve caught four or five the past two years,” he said.
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