South Dakota Fishing Report – March 17, 2026 – video
Plenty of anglers will be hitting the water in the next week. So what can they expect?
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March 17, 2026
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Lake trout, brown trout, and walleye reportedly were all available here on shiners fished off 3-way rigs using a 1-ounce pencil lead.
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Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Drifting opportunities are real good up and down the river course and some good steelhead have been hooked up by anglers plying the higher water.
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Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Ice anglers continue picking away at nice fish across the south shore.
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Talk of a two-bird limit for Minnesota’s spring turkey season taking place
Years ago as wild turkeys were expanding their range across Minnesota, hunters in some parts of the state were still learning about the new recreational opportunity.
After a public meeting in Alexandria that focused on turkey hunting, a DNR staff member said in a side conversation that he believed many areas could support a two-turkey spring limit.
“But hunters don’t want it,” he said at that time.
But after record spring harvests in 2024 and 2025, it seems that opinion may have changed.
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Trout stocking in northeast Iowa streams starts March 30
Iowa’s popular trout stream stocking season starts on March 30. Find a list of stocked trout streams on the printed DNR trout stream map or visit the DNR trout fishing webpage for more information on trout stockings and to view the 2026 trout stocking calendar.
The DNR Trout Program offers Iowa anglers a variety of trout fishing opportunities.
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Iowa DNR asks for public to report prairie chicken sightings
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is looking for prairie chickens this spring and Iowans can help.
Iowa’s prairie chicken population had resided in three locations in Ringgold County — two on or near the Kellerton Wildlife Area; the third on private land — but have been seen in Union, Clarke, Decatur and Taylor counties.
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Channel catfish are biting across Iowa right after ice out
Channel catfish move close to shore and are eager to bite in many lakes and large reservoirs across Iowa just after the ice is gone. The bite starts sooner in southern Iowa impoundments since they lose ice before northern Iowa lakes.
After eating light during the winter, channel catfish are prone to feed heavily during early spring, cleaning up small fish that died over the winter.
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7-pounder a reminder that Jasper County’s Newton Lake is a top bass water in Illinois
The 7-pound, 8-ounce largemouth bass caught by Mya Russell in March 2025 contradicts biologists’ recent summaries of Newton Lake’s population of the species.
Then again, 7-pound bass tend to contradict summaries of all sorts. Russell, representing Salem High School, was competing in a Illinois Coaches and Student State Tournament Trail (ICASSTT) event hosted at Newton.
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