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Walleye anglers, can it really get even better on Lake Erie?
(Ohio DNR)In recent years, the walleye population on Lake Erie – the western basin in particular – has grown by leaps and bounds each year, to the point where it’s almost unimaginable that the resulting walleye fishing can get any better. But it does, and it does, and it does again, which is where we’re supposedly at again here. For…
Trout stocking via helicopter means more fish for anglers
Anglers will have the opportunity to catch trout on remote lakes in northeastern Minnesota following helicopter-based fish stocking efforts this fall. The Minnesota DNR typically uses trucks to stock fish, but traditional methods can’t be used in some of the state’s difficult-to-reach lakes. In those waters, airplanes have been used for years to provide aerial stocking. But recently, pilots in…
Agency: Record Lake Champlain lake trout a testament to successful sea lamprey control efforts
The 36.5-inch laker weighed 19.36 pounds, the largest lake trout from Lake Champlain entered in the Record Fish Program since the department started keeping fish records in 1969.
Montana has dive team to search for aquatic invasive species
Last year inspection crews checked more than 109,000 watercraft and intercepted 16 fouled with mussels and another 170 transporting aquatic weeds.
Virtual walleye effort pushes on
Wisconsin DNR will host a regional virtual public meeting – for St. Croix, Pierce, Dunn, Chippewa, Eau Claire and Clark counties – to discuss updating the Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan.
Fish bypass system gives rare trout new life – 115 years later
It’s being heralded as a major step toward someday enabling Lahontan cutthroat trout to make the same 100-mile journey – upstream from a desert lake on tribal land northeast of Reno to Lake Tahoe atop the Sierra – that they did before the Nevada dam was built in 1905.
DNR to update Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan
The updating process will include a review of the existing plan, an analysis of available data and trends and significant public input on angling and management preferences.
A rainbow trout – with a blueish twist
Fishing in about 60 feet of water on Lake Superior, an angler marveled at the unusual coloring of a rainbow trout he caught recently. But he didn’t realize just how special his catch was. For the story, click here. Categories: News
Fishermen hook homemade pipe bombs in Sacramento River
One of the anglers says, “I think that they are probably trying to blow up salmon and knocking them out and trying to take them.”
Bluegill improvement central to proposed special fishing regs
Hoping to invite conversation and reach a broad audience, the DNR will hold the first of five virtual town halls focusing on the bluegill initiative on Monday, Oct. 5.
New brown trout record in Pennsylvania
It was officially recorded at 20 pounds, 9 ounces, exceeding the previous record set in 2000, also by an angler from Erie, by 11 ounces. Ferraro’s fish measured 33.75 inches in length with a girth of 21.125 inches.
Anglers urged to be on lookout for invasive fish in Delaware River
The northern snakehead, which has the nickname “Frankenfish,” can also survive out of water and occasionally will move overland, spreading to different bodies of water.
Could coronavirus contribute to possible California salmon boom?
The region could experience a “traffic jam” of chinook salmon in the coming month.
New Montana fishing reg would mean mandatory walleye kill
(Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks)The intent of the regulation is to prevent additional illegal introductions of walleye in western Montana and to potentially help the department detect illegal introductions and take action sooner. For the complete story, click here. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Fishing, Walleyes
Illinois food distributor plans to offer Asian carp
(Illinois DNR)Roy Sorce, owner of Sorce Enterprises, has teamed up with the Midwest Fishing Co-op to reduce the numbers of the fish and put another protein on the dinner table. “We are talking about 15 to 20 million pounds a year and that would help reduce the numbers and also less risk of them getting to the Great Lakes,” he…
Dump of spoiled milk leads to fish kill in Iowa
Minnows and small game fish have been found dead in half-mile span in the creek, officials said.
The great Chicago rivers fish comeback
Nearly 60 fish types found in Chicago waters, up from about 10, an increase attributed to a decline in pollution, according to a sampling study.
Record turnout for Blackfish Classic
Wayzata, Minn. — The Blackfish Classic Tournament for Bass on Monday, July 27 did not disappoint regional bass anglers. For the third year in a row, the Blackfish Classic was hosted on Lake Minnetonka, with a record 200 anglers competing in a 100-boat field. Fifteen checks and multiple prizes were handed out, including a $10,000 check for first place. Top…
Catch-and-release walleye fishing set to reopen on Mille Lacs
After a one-month shutdown, anglers can again fish for walleye on Lake Mille Lacs and use live bait, effective Saturday, Aug. 1.
U.S. wildlife agency rejects protections for Arctic grayling
The move comes almost two years after a federal appeals court faulted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for arbitrarily dismissing threats to grayling from climate change and other pressures.
So what’s killing all these Ontario walleyes?
That the news came during National Fishing Week in Canada was especially troubling.A significant fish kill in the Greenstone area of northwestern Ontario – during National Fishing Week in Canada – has left many lakes and rivers in the area littered with carcasses (all walleyes?) and residents concerned. For the complete story, click here. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Fishing, Walleyes
This $1,000 tagged walleye was a long-distance swimmer
Up to 96 $1,000 tagged walleye are still available in the Pend Oreille system. Plus, any angler who submits a walleye head is entered in to monthly drawings for $100 prizes.An Idaho fisherman won $1,000 after catching a reward-tagged walleye in the Lake Pend Oreille Angler Incentive Program. It’s the fourth $1,000 walleye to be caught in the program. But the…
In North Dakota, record number of lakes stocked with walleyes
In the first seven days of this year’s walleye production, haulers traveled more than 8,200 miles and stocked over 150 lakes with 7.6 million fish.
ICAST 2020 Online New Product Showcase awards: Top honors go to Johnson Outdoors Watercraft
More than 430 new products were entered by more than 180 companies.
Monster walleye prompts talk of state’s oldest fish record
Eric Van Dyn Hoven, of Kaukauna, and his monster walleye. (Photo: Eric Van Dyn Hoven)The walleye was 31.75 inches long and, when weighed the next day on a digital scale, was 16.87 pounds, according to the angler who caught the mega-walleye. And as it’s not uncommon for an adult walleye to produce 1 pound of eggs, the fish could easily have been…
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