Fishing
Devil’s Lake State Park in Wisconsin adds 100 acres at $325k
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved the purchase of 100 acres for Devil’s Lake State Park and the Ice Age Trail at its Feb. 25 meeting “at a bargain sale price” of $325,000 from
Metro Area Fishing Report – March 15, 2026 – video
Snow has hit the area pretty good and the ice probably won’t like it.
Panfish diversity and their ancestral roots
Ever since, I’ve had an appreciation for their diversity. The body shapes, colors, feeding strategies, and life histories of panfish reflect not only their evolutionary history but also their more recent adaptation to North American
A little boat motor maintenance in March will have you ready for open water
In April of 1982, I became a creel clerk for the Ohio Division of Wildlife. It was a real job after college that launched a career outdoors. Assigned a boat with a cast-off outboard from
Steve McComas: Invasive species have been invading Minnesota lakes for centuries
Before retreating 14,000 to 10,000 years ago, glaciers covered nearly all of Minnesota except for the Driftless Area, in the southeastern corner of the state. Many Minnesota lakes were formed in depressions created by ice
Tom Pink: Maintaining a spear shack on the ice each winter is worth the work
Although there is still enough lake and river ice to drive a truck on in some spots in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we pulled our spearing shack to shore recently. We will still be ice fishing
New York Fishing Report – March 13-20, 2026
Steelhead are now the main species in this river, with a few brown trout being caught. Try using eggs, beads, pink worms, or a fly in the river.
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Leftover turkey tags go on sale this week
More than 100,000 leftover spring turkey tags will go on sale this week, by zone, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, with leftover tags in Zone 1, which has more than 11,000 tags remaining
Fed dollars boost Wisconsin DNR’s budget with nearly $38 million for fish, wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be sending more than $1.2 billion in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration excise tax apportionments to support states, commonwealths and territories in their efforts to fund conservation
