Fishing
Steve Griffin: Plenty of warnings exist in the outdoors; is it real risk or an emotional response?
I remember, hunkered down next to the basement laundry tub, cleaning game with my dad after a Saturday morning hunt: a couple of woodcock, a grouse, a cottontail rabbit.
Dad showed me how to
New York DEC’s K9 Unit back to full strength as three K9s, handlers complete training course
In October, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement continued its commitment to the K9 program, as three new K9s and their new ECO handlers completed an intensive 12-week training
Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 25, 2025 – video
Water temps in the low-50s, and shallower lakes have turned over. With the cold weather of late, they could all be turned over shortly in this area. Here’s what it all means for the bite.
Nebraska angler lands Iowa record blue catfish
The Iowa DNR confirmed a new state record blue catfish was caught this month. The fish, which weighed 105 pounds and was 60 inches long, was reeled in by Nebraska resident George Thompson, who was
Illinois Mixed Bag: State, federal sites hosting youth waterfowlers
Numerous Illinois state parks, state fish and wildlife areas, and other public lands will be open to youth waterfowl hunting during the 2025 youth waterfowl hunts.
Ohio angler on breaking 32-year-old state striper record while fishing for panfish — ‘did we really just do this?’
It’s been many years since Kiser Lake, a small impoundment in Champaign County, has been stocked with striped bass (not hybrids), but Kiser has produced Ohio’s newest state fishing record.
And it may be
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season license deadline is Oct. 31
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds all spearers interested in harvesting a lake sturgeon from the Lake Winnebago system during the 2026 sturgeon-spearing season to purchase their licenses before Oct. 31.
Great Lakes commercial fishermen bring differing updates to Wisconsin DNR and Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) members heard a tale of two different Great Lakes at its Oct. 22 meeting as news of the fishing, and backing from commercial fishermen, on Lake Superior came over the
Ask a fisheries biologist: A roundup of Wisconsin’s fall fish surveys
As is often the case, we saw a mixed bag of results in the fall surveys in Wisconsin.
Juvenile walleye are the main target. We found small to medium walleye year classes on the
