Ice fishing tip: Think shallow for late season panfish
Site Staff
March 6, 2020
Locate standing weeds in shallow water in late winter, and hungry panfish will be hanging out nearby.
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Monster lake trout bests state record – by nearly 10 pounds
Associated Press
March 3, 2020
The 37.7-pound fish might have been around when the previous record lake trout, a 28-pounder, was caught in 1958.
Chinook returns in Columbia River could be near-record low
Associated Press
February 25, 2020
This year’s forecasted return of 81,700 upriver spring chinook is up 12% from last year’s return of 73,100, which was the lowest since 1999.
Ice fishing tip: Using spoons to catch more late-season panfish
Site Staff
February 25, 2020
Small spoons tipped with plastics, worms, or minnow heads and tails will attract more perch, crappies, and sunfish thus boosting your odds of catching more fish.
A state-record perch – and on her first try ice fishing
Site Staff
February 18, 2020
Martina Drugovich didn’t expect to land a state record fish on her first-ever day as an ice angler. Armed with a new fishing license and brand new ice fishing traps, she was just hoping to
DNA testing confirms first wolf pack in Colorado in 70 years
Associated Press
February 18, 2020
Parks and wildlife officials confirmed a sighting of six wolves in January about 2 miles from the site of the elk carcass.
Smuggled elk poses a mystery for Montana wildlife officials
Associated Press
February 18, 2020
This unusual 2-year-old elk harvested 16 months ago in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains is FWP’s “Elk Zero.”
Nothing to grouse about in Maine, where bird lures hunters
Associated Press
February 18, 2020
Some biologists and hunting enthusiasts in Maine believe the state’s stable population of grouse could help tourism while other parts of the country see declines of the popular game birds.
Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle
Associated Press
February 18, 2020
Much of the focus has been on limiting their northerly migration and keeping them out of the Great Lakes, where experts say they could devastate a $7 billion fishing industry. That effort features an underwater
