New York Fishing Report – October 24-31, 2025
The muskellunge bite is improving in the north basin of this fishery, primarily around green weed beds and edges.
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October 28, 2025
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – October 28, 2025
Hot jig colors this week include orange/chartreuse, gold/orange or solid gold combined with pink, and glow white.
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MN Daily Update: USFWS again offering rebates for use of non-lead ammo at select locations
The USFWS announced last month that it’s maintaining its voluntary
On the hunt for an Adirondack backcountry black bear
Smoke from the fire drifted up through the pines and disappeared into the darkness, a brook trout caught earlier in the day sizzled over the flames while I sat with a Colt Kodiak in a holster on my hip, this hunt just felt different.
Sleeping under the stars without another person around for miles somehow felt reassuring. I guess it should have, since that was the plan all along.
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WI Daily Update: USFWS again offering rebates for use of non-lead ammo at select locations
The USFWS announced last month that it’s maintaining its voluntary
Illinois Natural History Survey monitoring fall migration, banding birds at Phillips Tract
As millions of birds migrate southward across the U.S. this fall, Tara Beveroth operates an important bird banding station in central Illinois.
Each week, a volunteer group of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and researchers assist Beveroth, an avian ecologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, in the capture and banding of migratory birds. Before sunrise, Beveroth meets the volunteer group at Phillips Tract, a 130-acre research site northeast of Urbana.
Ammo will last years if you take care of it; here’s how to properly store it
In the past it was common practice for gun owners to stop at their local sport shop and pick up a box or two of their favorite ammo when getting ready for a hunt or heading to the target range. And they were most likely able to find what they needed at a reasonable price.
Then COVID hit, and with it came supply chain shortages and a steep jump in prices. While supply chain problems have eased, ammunition remains more expensive today than ever, with significant cost increases, primarily in raw materials. So it’s important to do everything possible to protect that investment.
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November is trophy muskie time
Most Michiganders are celebrating the glorious warm fall weather we’re having. Jason Quintano isn’t one of them. Quintano is praying for a strong cold front and a cold October that will cause the temperature of Lake St Clair to plummet and spur its muskies into a heightened level of activity.
“The fishing doesn’t get really good until the water temperature reaches 48 degrees,” said Quintano.
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