Indiana Fishing Report – September 25, 2026
With cooler temps and rain, the steelhead run has begun here.
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September 25, 2026
New York Fishing Report – September 25, 2026
On this lake, look for tiger muskies in the shallow north end, Lader Point, Turtle Bay and along the causeway using spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, swimbaits or large stickbaits.
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Minnesota artist Bob Hautman wins federal duck stamp contest for fourth time
Minnesota’s own Bob Hautman, from Delano, won the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest today with his acrylic painting of a pair of long-tailed ducks. After two days of judging, the announcement happened at an in-person event and via livestream at Ducks Unlimited headquarters in Memphis.
Hautman’s artwork will become the 2027-2028 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, more commonly known as the Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2027.
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Confirmed cougar makes an even dozen sightings over 25 years
A mountain lion was spotted moving through southern Illinois, and this time wildlife officials believe the big cat crossed west through Union and Jackson counties.
DNR confirmed multiple sightings of the feline – also known as a cougar or puma – adding another chapter to a remarkable series of appearances by a predator that disappeared from the state more than 150 years ago. The mountain lion spotted in September is the 12th confirmed in Illinois since 2002, according to DNR.
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Illinois bow season opens Oct. 1 with few changes
The DNR has floated the idea of establishing additional Restricted Archery Zones in other parts of the state, but this year’s bow season opened Oct. 1 with only the original zone: the same cluster of central Illinois counties that limit harvest to antlered deer the first 31 days of the season.
The special zone shrunk from five counties to four last season, when Moultrie County was dropped. In 2026, bowhunters in Champaign, Douglas, Macon and Piatt counties again make up the zone.
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Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Sept. 25, 2026
Crappies reaching fall pattern right on target. Here’s the Illinois fishing report across the state on Sept. 25, 2026.
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Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2139
Lake of the Woods fall fishing is on fire. Prepare
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$10,000 bond set for Wisconsin deputy in shooting that injured turkey hunters
Bond was set at $10,000 for the Racine County Sheriff’s Department deputy who faces four felony charges after his 3-year-old daughter triggered a shot that wounded a turkey-hunting mentor and that man’s 7-year-old son April 12 during Wisconsin’s youth-only turkey season.
James D. Lehman, 35, of Union Grove, made his initial appearance Sept. 17 before Racine County Circuit Court Commissioner Sally Hoelzel, who ordered him to have no contact with the shooting victims while free on bond.
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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: DNR’s Madison service center to close
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that with the sale of the GEF2 building on Webster Street in downtown Madison, the DNR’s central office within the building will close to the public on Sept. 30.
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