Metro Area Fishing Report – April 19, 2026 – video
Don’t settle and be willing to move and cover water if needed.
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April 19, 2026
Oak Duke: Rainbow trout becomes a steelhead
A Lake Ontario Rainbow trout was hooked and reeled in near Point Breeze, N.Y.
Big deal? Lots of Great Lake Rainbows are caught each year. Thousands. But this steelhead’s downstream journey logged 140 miles starting near the Pennsylvania line. This itinerant trout’s trip had its genesis at the Randolph Fish hatchery.
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Runnin’ Minnesota rivers for spring redhorse
Redhorse are a group of native fish in the sucker family, and there are more than 20 different redhorse species in the United States. Truly a fish of moving waters, their torpedo-shaped bodies are designed for heavy current.
They range from the small and tiny-mouthed black and pealip to big, bruising species like the greater and sicklefin. Some redhorse are federally endangered, and other species are extremely common. In our home state of Minnesota, we have six redhorse species: greater, river, silver, golden, shorthead and black.
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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Man pulled from Menomonee River Feb. 28
The diversity of tasks and responsibilities fielded by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wardens, often in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, are huge in large Wisconsin cities.
Adam Strehlow, Erik Anderson, and Logan Allen, all DNR wardens in Milwaukee County, found themselves working with Milwaukee Police Department officers on a cold winter night in an attempt to save a Green Bay man, 52, who ended up in the Menomonee River on Feb. 28.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers propose hunter education course in schools
A state senator and a state representative are proposing that Hunter-Trapper Education Course opportunities be made available in schools across Pennsylvania.
Sen. James Malone, a Democrat from Lancaster County and minority chair of the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee, and Rep. Anita Astorino Kulik, a Democrat from Allegheny County and chair of the House Game and Fisheries Committee, are partnering on the legislation.
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Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources launches new statewide volunteer system
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently launched a new, streamlined Conservation Volunteer system designed to connect more Pennsylvanians with service opportunities across the commonwealth’s 124 state parks and 2.2 million acres of state forestland.
