Fishing
Metro Area Fishing Report – June 1, 2026 – video
A lot of changes this past week but things are looking good.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Would baiting of deer create tension between neighbors in Pennsylvania?
We’ve had a lot of strange messages from readers over the years, but this one left in late May takes the cake:
“I’m calling about a dead deer right along Rt. 119 just as
Bit of history made with sauger stocking in western Lake Erie
A little bit of history was made on the Sandusky River on May 28 – about 65,000 “little bits,” actually – in the form of fingerling sauger that were stocked at Fremont by the Ohio
Smallmouth are a signature species in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, but didn’t swim there a century ago
Smallmouth bass are the most popular sportfish in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, possibly trailing only the walleye in time, money, and legend among today’s anglers. But this wasn’t always the case.
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Walleyes a target in effort to alter regulations for commercial fishing in Michigan
With Great Lakes whitefish in steep decline, should Michigan cast a lifeline to commercial fishers and allow them to catch other species?
Even if those species are walleyes and trout? That was the subject
Many factors influence Great Lakes water levels
The Environmental Law Policy Center is a Chicago-based environmental watchdog that advocates for the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes.
It has recently taken on polluters of all sorts, from concentrated animal
C.B. Bylander: Minnesota shifting to a smarter approach to walleye stocking
I don’t know how good walleye fishing was back in the 1880s.
But I do know Minnesotans believed it should be better. I say this because by 1887 – just 29 years after statehood
Conditions lining up for moderate algae bloom on Western Lake Erie
On May 7, the first 2026 Western Lake Erie HAB (harmful algal bloom) early season projection was released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Weekly updates were
Steve Sarley: A Copi dining update – but let me first share a story
I have been accused of being a guy who doesn’t know the meaning of the phrase “let me make a long story short.” I tend to do the opposite. Here I go again.
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