
American eel caught by Chicago River angler raises questions
Ben Gorashchenko looked down at the long, twisting, wriggling creature he just reeled in on the Chicago River and was not sure what he had hooked.
Turns out, he was pulling in an American
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Ben Gorashchenko looked down at the long, twisting, wriggling creature he just reeled in on the Chicago River and was not sure what he had hooked.
Turns out, he was pulling in an American

DNR’s separate samplings of lake trout in the Illinois waters of Lake Michigan last spring and fall yielded very different numbers – but the same response from fisheries biologist who study the fishery.
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On March 30, a lake sturgeon was detected swimming through the Mequon-Thiensville fish passage in the Milwaukee River heading upstream toward Grafton. It is likely the farthest upstream a sturgeon has traveled in the river

Snowmelt from a late storm and the wettest April on record – nearly 8 inches of rain the first two weeks alone – helped lure a massive run of rainbow trout into Lake Michigan tributaries

The Scioto River is not what you would call a hidden gem; it is too large to hide.
Flowing south through central Ohio, the watershed drains 6,513 square miles. Connected waterways involve part or

The New York State Outdoor Writers Association recently held its annual conference in Greene and Columbia counties, where one of the highlights was a chance to sit down for a discussion with New York State

An ongoing telemetry study on Leech Lake looks to provide great insight regarding behavior and mortality rates (from angling) of muskellunge in Minnesota’s Leech Lake.
The study is possible thanks to cooperation between the

Congress decides how to fund federal departments, agencies and programs through an annual appropriations process. The process for fiscal year 2027 (which begins October 1, 2026) began in April with the release of the president’s

Sneaking along the shadows of towering hemlocks with a 3-weight fly-rod in hand, the cool mist of a favorite wild trout stream cuts the heat of a sultry summer day.
Dappled sunlight dances through
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