Fishing
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Dec. 10 deadline approaching for spring turkey, fall bear tags
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds bear and turkey hunters that applications for the 2026 black bear- and spring turkey-hunting seasons are due by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10. Hunters may apply for harvest
Ask a fisheries biologist: What’s the deal with fish shrinkage?
Size limits are a common tool used in fisheries management, but they create an interesting question for anglers: Can a legal fish shrink after harvest, making it no longer legal size?
Advances in mapping, mobility, and teamwork help today’s ice anglers cover more (hard) water
Full-blown ice season is coming quickly. As I sit down and write this, I expect to see ice-covered lakes across much of the Midwest in the coming weeks, maybe even days.
Similar to their
How to trigger fish bites in the forward-facing sonar era
These days, most ice anglers are incorporating forward-facing sonar and cameras into their respective programs, and this helps them find fish that aren’t relating to cover.
Jeffrey Frischkorn: Where have all Ohio’s steelhead gone?
Blame the COVID-19 pandemic for claiming another victim – Ohio’s steelhead trout program.
Sort of and in the process the outcome has impoverished more than a few steelhead anglers. Myself included. Finding trout to
Clarity provided on hook-setting devices added to Minnesota ice anglers’ arsenal this winter
For Minnesota fishing guides and anglers who use tip-ups while ice fishing, there will be a new tool to potentially include in your arsenal when hitting the ice: automatic, non-motorized hook-setting devices.
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Mike Schoonveld: Game fish spearing expanded in Michigan… Hooray!
Michigan has a long history of creating rules and regulations designed to increase opportunities for hunters, anglers, and other outdoor lovers.
Most recently, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission expanded the places where underwater spearfishing
Tom Venesky: Game, Fish merger for Pennsylvania agencies best done sooner than later
For something that is the norm across the country, the idea of merging Pennsylvania’s game and fish agencies wouldn’t seem like a hard thing to do.
But Pennsylvania isn’t like other states. The Pennsylvania
Ohio’s Outdoor Trailblazers: Jim Schott: ‘Be out there and experience it all’
It’s interesting when a kid born and raised in southeast Ohio makes his mark on the marshes and wetlands of northwest Ohio.
But, that’s the story for Jim Schott, the longtime manager of Pickerel
