Fishing
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July 21, 2026
Spinners and crawlers over the deep mud have emerged as the standout tactic for catching numbers of fish here.
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 21, 2026
For those on the hunt for big browns, the inside waters have reportedly been good.
Long dismissed as ‘rough’ fish, drum are praised in new research for consuming invasive mussels
A native fish long dismissed by Illinois anglers as a “rough fish” may be playing a much larger role in protecting Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes than previously believed.
New research suggests
Illinois Mixed Bag: Fishing Clinics Set at Oakhurst Forest Preserve
Offered in partnership with DNR’s Urban and Community Fishing Program, the free clinics will teach participants basic angling skills, including casting, knot-tying and fish identification, according to a news release from the Forest Preserve District
Patrick Durkin: What happened to this bluegill? A handful of theories exist
When my grandsons catch a bluegill 7 inches or longer, it seldom swims another day. Catch and release? Save your breath.
The boys haven’t yet read stories by the immortal humorist Patrick F. McManus,
Commentary: Colonial-era land grants still impact Long Island sportsmen
In 1686, Thomas Dongan, “Capt. Generall Governor in Chiefe and Vice Admirall in and over the Province of Newyorke and Territoryes Depending thereon in America,” executed a patent granting the Trustees and freeholders of the
Wisconsin’s Eland trout fishing day brings smiles to kids’ faces
Jacob Pliska didn’t mind getting up early the morning of June 20 because the day had something to do with fishing, which was right up the Rosholt 13-year-old’s alley.
Pliska was one of hundreds
Visitors to Vermont’s public lands may see a fee increase
Standing on a dock at a Lamoille River fishing access, Andrea Shortsleeve said that ballooning expenses and high demand are making state land and infrastructure harder and harder to manage.
Moments later, Shortsleeve, who
New York Mixed Bag: DEC activates summer harmful algal bloom system
DEC’s New York Harmful Algal Bloom System (NYHABS) is now active and provides simple user- and mobile phone-friendly reporting of HABs. The public is encouraged to report any sightings of suspected blooms through the NYHABS
