South Dakota Fishing Report – September 3, 2025 – video
Definitely feels like fall lately, and as the water temperatures begin to fall, the bite will begin to improve.
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Snake sleuth on trail of a disappearing prairie species in Illinois
Becky Blankenship had been searching throughout the Will County Forest Preserve District for smooth greensnake nests – with no luck. She found plenty of other snakes under the coverboards she uses to attract the snakes for research purposes. There were eastern foxsnakes, DeKay’s brownsnakes and plains gartersnakes under the boards, but still no smooth greensnakes.
There were times she would check 80 coverboards over a two-day period searching for the snakes. And then, finally, on July 29, she found what she had sought since spring.
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Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – September 2, 2025
Lately, some of (but not all) the best big fish action has been for likely staging salmon in 80 – 120 feet of water.
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Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Sept. 1 to Sept. 7, 2025
♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) Someone will say,
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Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – September 1, 2025
Jumbo perch remain a bonus catch, mixing in with the walleyes across the basin.
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New York Fishing Report – August 29-September 5, 2025
The perch bite is on here, so try small jigs, small bright colored spinners, or throwing gold colored blade baits.
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Commentary: What to do about declining North American duck populations
We, the Old Duck Managers Group, are retired Minnesota DNR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists who worked on waterfowl management, research, and/or law enforcement our entire careers. We have watched as ducks have disappeared from habitats we see in our day-to-day lives – areas where we worked, and from our decoys during the past 30 years.
In this commentary, we share our perspectives and opinions about declining duck numbers gleaned from our 200 years of combined experience.
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South Dakota Fishing Report – August 27, 2025 – video
The perch bite has recently shown signs of life, and it will only get better in the weeks ahead as the water temps fall. The walleye bite has been fairly consistent this past week when pulling plugs or snap jigging.
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Questions from the State Fair: Should Minnesota reduce the walleye limit from six fish to four?
Outdoor News contributing writer Ron Hustvedt grew up going to the Minnesota State Fair, and his favorite place to visit was, and still is, the DNR fish pond.
For this week’s Sounding Board, a few of those visitors were asked, “Should Minnesota reduce the walleye limit from six fish to four? Why or why not?”
