
What do mayflies have in common with passenger pigeons?
Visiting a lake in May or June in much of the Midwest likely will bring you into contact with mayflies, although they also occur throughout the country.
We sometimes see huge swarms in spring
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Visiting a lake in May or June in much of the Midwest likely will bring you into contact with mayflies, although they also occur throughout the country.
We sometimes see huge swarms in spring

Starting in the 1920s, gravel mining was active in the city of Maple Grove area in Minnesota. Several gravel pits were produced, and as gravel extraction was winding down, the pits filled with groundwater. Those

There’s two things we tend not to realize about aquatic vegetation, the stuff we call weeds: how important good ones are to the fish we love, and the threats invasive newcomers pose to the lakes

If you’re looking for largemouth bass in many of our northern, natural lakes, the approach is simple: Find the weeds, and odds are you’ll find bass. That being said, not all weeds are created equal.

A group of friends and myself were headed out for a couple days of walleye fishing and even more friends were on a second boat. All of us were expecting the captains/guides to put us

Cutting short our spring gobbler season by a few days has become a standard routine for wife, Paula, and me, albeit one that always leads to concerns I’ll encounter a strutting longbeard with a fly-rod

The DNR has records going back to the mid-1970s that show more than 10,000 gray fox marketed each season by hunters and trappers across Illinois.
In 2024, that number was zero – not a

Ohio’s 2025 spring was cooler than normal and wet, not the typical crappie spawning conditions I have come to know and love. The summer months may bring more surprises. One thing is for sure, crappies

New York state has issued nearly 800 permits to anglers and organizations who plan to hold bass fishing tournaments around the state in 2025, as state officials have found that tourney organizers have been receptive
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