Pro Tip of the Week: Scouting for northern pike
Tom Neustrom
December 18, 2024
Tip-up fishing for northern pike can be exciting in itself, and there also can be a chance for a bonus walleye at times.
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Commentary: Hunting and fishing license dollars aren’t enough for conservation
Russ Mason
December 18, 2024
Legislation that addresses the root causes of a problem is far less common than legislation that addresses its symptoms. For this reason, it’s both predictable and unfortunate that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and
Outdoor Observations: Fee increases for Michigan hunting, fishing licenses not a given after all?
Bill Parker
December 17, 2024
Apparently the proposed hunting and fishing license fee increase in Michigan will not be a slam dunk.
Legislators generally don’t like to vote on controversial bills – like raising fees – before an election.
Ohio Division of Wildlife biologist leads effort to define smallmouth bass movements on Lake Erie
John Hageman
December 17, 2024
During an Ohio Sea Grant-hosted webinar presentation on Nov. 21, Zak Slagle, one of the fisheries biologists at the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Fisheries Research Station at Sandusky, shared some early observations of a smallmouth
Illegal snagging of fish remains an issue on Michigan rivers
Victor Skinner
December 17, 2024
In the latter half of September, conservation officers in southwest Michigan issued more than a half dozen tickets to anglers for foul-hooking or snagging salmon, or trying to net the fish.
The tickets stemmed
Northeast Ohio teens who forged a friendship through fishing take their angling success to the college level
Doug Clifford
December 17, 2024
Two young men from northeast Ohio forged a friendship based on fishing that will soon carry them toward earning college educations.
Hoyt Nicely and Connor Bower met through the Prime Time Junior Bass Anglers,
15-year-old is named 16th FishMaryland Master Angler
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
December 16, 2024
Luca Tucciarella, of Forest Hill, has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Fifteen-year-old Tucciarella is the 16th Master Angler and the third youth angler to
Commentary: Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners stance on officers’ salaries unacceptable
Andy Wojewodka / McMurray, Pa.
December 16, 2024
I read the article in a recent issue headlined, “Officers snubbed at PF&BC Board Meeting.” It affected me so much that I am compelled to reply, as a first-time responder and long-time subscriber.
I’m
So you want to be an ice angler? Here’s how to get started
Tori McCormick
December 13, 2024
He’d occasionally drag me onto a southern Minnesota lake when I was a kid growing up in Belle Plaine and Shakopee, but in most years, he’d make one trip to Lake Mille Lacs (or some
