Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – August 18, 2026
Two techniques have been doing the heavy lifting: pulling spinners and crawlers on crawler harnesses and trolling crankbaits.
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August 18, 2026
Trump administration moves to end roadless rule on national forests
The U.S. Forest Service filed a proposed rule Tuesday to eliminate the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule nationwide, a policy shift that would reopen nearly 45 million acres of national forest land to road construction and active management for the first time in a quarter century.
Outdoor groups immediately condemned the proposal as a threat to some of the country’s best hunting and fishing habitat.
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Ralph Loos: Illinois record bass confusion? Just blame the flatheads
The tact I like to take in this job is to always assume I’m the dumbest guy in the room, and 10 times out of nine I’m pretty spot on about that. Such an approach comes in handy when I bumble the scientific name of a muskrat – go ahead, say Ondatra zibethicus three times fast – or fumble the name of, let’s say, the lake where the state’s most famous fish was caught.
Illinois bass fans, Ed Walbel and folks in Pike County know where I’m headed with this. Because last time I penned this column, I wrote about the Illinois state record largemouth bass.
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Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – August 18, 2026
Bass can be found from Devil’s Hole to the Niagara Bar. Crabs and shiners can be fished off three-way rigs. Artificial baits will also produce a good deal of action.
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New York’s multi-use Deer Creek Marsh WMA provides access along Lake Ontario
Deer Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Oswego County is one of those state-owned tracts that offer a lot more than just wildlife.
Sure, the 1,771-acre parcel is popular with hunters, especially with waterfowlers, given its proximity to Lake Ontario, as well as with pheasant hunters, since it receives several rounds of stocked birds from the state’s Reynolds Game Farm.
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New York’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across New York published in the Aug. 21, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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New York Cuffs & Collars: Individual wanted on active warrant found during campsite check at Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forest
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the Aug. 21, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
88-year-old angler wins New York’s Summer LOC derby Grand Prize
Melvin “Jimmy” Adams, of Herndon, Pa., 88, hauled in a 29-pound, 14-ounce king salmon on July 20 to win the $16,000 Grand Prize in the Summer Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby.
The veteran angler was fishing with his son Jimmy Jr., also of Herndon, Pa., Ralph Tschopp, of Lykens Township, Pa., and the captain/mate duo of Capt. Mike Grager and Reece Senske of Get Hooked Sportfishing, Fishing out of Grager’s 34-foot Sea Ray named “Get Hooked.”
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Fisheries highlighted in New York DEC’s new Hudson River estuary plan
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently released the Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda 2026-30, a five-year blueprint for conserving and restoring the Hudson River estuary and its watershed, which encompasses 13,400 square miles.
The renewed plan/agenda builds on the previous Action Agenda while incorporating new scientific findings and addressing emerging challenges.
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