Indiana Fishing Report – March 27, 2025
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
March 27, 2025
Coho fishing has really picked up across all ports on Lake Michigan.
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Jigs and swimbaits are a simple but effective approach for spring bass
John Tertuliani
March 25, 2025
Each year, I grow less interested in what technology brings to largemouth bass fishing. My age is the reason. I enjoy catching them as I always have – with jigs.
Wallace Stegner summed up these
Trout stocking in northeast Iowa streams starts March 31
DNR Report
March 19, 2025
The popular trout stream stocking season starts on March 31 in Iowa.
The DNR Trout Program offers Iowa anglers a variety of trout fishing opportunities, including catchable stockings, fingerling stockings, wild trout, streams
Ice-out channel catfish are biting in Iowa
DNR Report
March 18, 2025
Channel catfish move close to shore and are eager to bite in many lakes and large reservoirs across Iowa just after the ice is gone. The bite starts sooner in southern Iowa impoundments since they
Iowa fishing educator earns Brass Bluegill Award from DNR
DNR Report
March 18, 2025
Bob Harris is the recipient of the 2024 Brass Bluegill award from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fish Iowa! program.
Harris started a nonprofit organization in 2020 to promote fishing for Junior and
U.S. anglers bringing food into Canada could see 25% tariff
Natalie Ryder
March 14, 2025
For anglers, outdoor enthusiasts, or any other U.S. residents planning to enter Canada via personal vehicle, the international tariff tussle could affect their wallets for the foreseeable future.
“These countermeasures will apply to commercial
Jeremiah Haas: Time to get your boat ready for the open-water season
Jeremiah Haas
March 9, 2025
As we begin getting some open water around the Quad Cities area, the itch to get out and chase those early-season walleyes is starting to get tougher to ignore.
While we assume everything was
Iowa DNR encourages eager paddlers to wait for warmer water temperatures
DNR Report
February 28, 2025
The weather is starting to feel like spring in Iowa, but water temperatures are still dangerously cold.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recommends that paddlers wait for consistent warm weather to allow
Interested in buying forward-facing sonar? Here’s everything to consider
Steve Heiting
February 7, 2025
Forward-facing sonar (FFS) also is known as live sonar or real-time sonar. Manufactured in some form by all the major players in the sonar industry, it can allow anglers to actually determine the species and
