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Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – January 13, 2026
It’s been a mixed bag in this area of late, but there are fish to be had.

Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – January 13, 2026
Nearly every day, we hear of some angler hooking up on a hard-fighting big chrome fish.

Interior issues major public lands access order
Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, that he had signed Secretary’s Order 3447, which will require that most public lands managed by Interior are open to hunting and fishing access

Michigan Mixed Bag: Flat River youth small game hunt on tap
Belding Sportsman’s Club in Montcalm County is hosting a youth small game hunt beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the club grounds, at 10651 Youngman Road, Greenville
Hunters ages 16 and younger

Minnesota DNR proposes walleye limit reduction from six to four
The Minnesota DNR made formal this week its proposal to reduce the statewide walleye limit from six fish to four (both daily and possession limits).
The current regulation of only one walleye over 20

‘Dinosaur Fish’ documentary traces Michigan’s sturgeon restoration
Fans of fish, particularly big, old, unusual fish, have a new way to learn about them: “Dinosaur Fish,” a 23-minute documentary film available online at SaginawBaySturgeon.org. That’s a website of the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative

On many northern Pennsylvania lakes, ice has been nice during an ‘old-fashioned winter’
Ice fishing came early this winter to much of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier.
While open water persisted in the southern half of the state, hard-water fishing was in full swing from Crawford to Tioga to

Notes off a soiled cuff: Mindsets have changed when it comes to keeping wild brook trout
When I started fishing for trout as a kid, around 1966, the minimum size for keeping trout was 6 inches. It stayed that way until the Pennsylvania Fish Commission increased the minimum length to 7

Wisconsin Fishing Report – January 12, 2026
Mostly mixed results. Here’s what they’re catching and where they’re catching ’em.