
Summer slabs: Top tips for warm-weather crappies
Post-spawn, “suspended” crappies intimidate too many freshwater anglers when simple approaches to targeting these panfish can produce thick, edible fillets.

Post-spawn, “suspended” crappies intimidate too many freshwater anglers when simple approaches to targeting these panfish can produce thick, edible fillets.

Though lots of birding opportunities remain, small shorebirds start migrating in mid-summer, and egrets and swallows already have begun staging for their journey south.

When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed the 2015-17 state budget July 12, he issued a total of 104 vetoes that included several cuts to the DNR or natural resources programs.
District 1 — Ashland area Wardens Lynna Gurnoe and Amie Egstad, of Bayfield, and Red Cliff tribal warden Zach Peterson were on boat patrol on Lake Superior in June when Egstad noticed a male sitting
ASHLAND AREA Smallmouth fishing has been steady and the bass have transitioned nicely into their summer fishing patterns. The weather has been up and down lately, with a nice stretch of good weather followed by
AMERY AREA Bucktails and topwaters are triggering muskies on the weedbeds of Lake Wapogasset and slack-water areas on the Apple River. Jigs and leeches have been the ticket for walleyes on the weedlines of Half
LAKE MICHIGAN/METRO AREA LAKES Catch rates for Sheboygan trollers remain the same at about two fish per boat. Lakers and rainbows were most common, with few salmon being caught. Most of these fish were caught
Banquet/Fundraiser Aug. 4: Bluff Country Friends of NRA Banquet, 5 p.m., Hilltop Bar & Ballroom. For more info call John, 608-323-7877. Aug. 6: Lake Michigan RMEF Banquet, 5 p.m., The Bull, Pinehurst Farms, Sheboygan Falls.

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