Steve Carney: Proper care for your fish fillets is important during raging summer heat
Steve Carney
July 29, 2026
Catching shallow walleyes, and keeping them fresh during a ragingly hot summer
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Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Minnesota’s mid-summer smallmouth report
Justin Lightfoot
July 29, 2026
Smallmouth bass fishing is heating up across the Otter Tail area as fish settle into their summer patterns. Rock piles, boulder fields, and main-lake points in 10 to 25 feet of water are producing some
Massive heat wave causes more fish kills across Minnesota
Justin Runberg
July 29, 2026
Statewide, the running tally of fish-kill events jumped 30% in a week earlier this month as water temperatures climbed into the 80s, killing thousands of fish across Minnesota.
Isaiah Tolo, fish health supervisor with
Ohio’s farm ponds often produce bigger panfish
Celeste Baumgartner
July 29, 2026
A farm pond in Ohio’s most northwest county has produced a new state record.
Jaret Stevens recently caught an Ohio record green sunfish in Williams County. His catch has been certified by the Outdoor
U.S. Forest Service reopening 41 Boundary Waters entry points on July 30
Staff Report
July 28, 2026
Portions of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are reopening to overnight visitors starting Thursday, July 30, a little more than two weeks after a huge surge of wildfires prompted the U.S. Forest Service to
Jack Ammerman: I’m a hunter, an angler – but I’m not a know-it-all
Jack Ammerman
July 28, 2026
There are a lot of things in the outdoors I don’t understand. While others seem to think they have answers, I don’t.
Here are a few that make me scratch my head. Read through
Handline fishing still in practice today for minimalist anglers
Robert Bukk
July 28, 2026
Adam Nelson likes to say that he was “born in the national parks.”
His father served as a park ranger, outside national parks in California and Wyoming and a national recreation area in Pennsylvania.<br
Commentary: Lake Erie veterans walleye event gives back in big ways
Doug Clifford
July 28, 2026
Lake Erie’s corps of charter captains are composed of the best fishing guides anywhere a boat can be reserved. Whether it’s walleye or perch, Lake Erie charter captains are renowned for returning to their respective
What’s the state of Ohio’s blue catfish? DOW’s program leader weighs in
John Tertuliani
July 28, 2026
One of the early lakes to be stocked with blue catfish, Hoover Reservoir has become a phenomenal fishery for trophy anglers. Anglers from near and far come to catch their personal best or first blue.<br
