I avoid Michigan’s Traverse City in the summertime like the plague. About as close as I get is a concert at Interlochen. Once I get that far, I turn around. About the only other reason I’d go there is to catch a Master Angler bluegill. A bluegill? Yep.
Grand Traverse County flies under the radar when it comes to giant bluegills.
Here’s where to find big bluegills in Michigan this May Read More »
Brook trout are aggressive feeders, but also quick to clam up if you spook them. This necessitates careful casts, with the best bet to work the bottom end of a pool or run first, and then work your way up through the fishiest water.
How to catch Minnesota’s overlooked brookies of mid-May Read More »
John Hageman and friends typically travel east on Lake Erie in the early spring to cash in on jumbo perch like the specimen shown above. Although the perch fishing hasn’t been off the charts this spring, Hageman and company still managed to fill the bucket at right with perch.
Jumbo perch fishing can be good in the spring on Lake Erie Read More »
As days get longer and spring 2026 blooms across the north country, prime opportunities existed for anglers ahead of Minnesota’s May 9 fishing opener. One of those is the famed Rainy River, where a massive migration of fish make their annual springtime push from Lake of the Woods into the river.
Last weekend, my dad, brother, and I embarked on our first trip to this special fishery with hopes of catching the largest fish swimming in these waters, the lake sturgeon.
In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of a stream is a sign of healthy water. The freshwater fish, which is on the state’s endangered species list, has managed to survive despite habitat loss driven by decades of construction and industrial farm runoff.
But an ongoing dispute between two state agencies over state species protections is testing how the tiny fish will endure.
Illinois state agencies in battle over species protections Read More »
The 2026 inland fishing season dawned Saturday, May 2, over the Hayward area for the 60th Wisconsin Governor’s Fishing Opener, this year held on the 2,716-acre Nelson Lake in Sawyer County.
It was a distinctly chilly morning, but a sunny sky eventually greeted anglers for the opening weekend of the fishing season, and, since the event visited Nelson Lake, walleyes were not the chief target of many anglers. The lake is better known for its largemouth bass, northern pike, and panfish fishery, though it also holds walleyes.
Nelson Lake, Hayward area treat anglers well on Wisconsin’s fishing opener Read More »
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