Fishing
Notes off a soiled cuff: Is a change coming to Pennsylvania’s minimum size for keeping trout?
Have you ever wondered, like I have, where the state’s 7-inch minimum size for keeping trout came from. Seems too small, right? Well, at the Fish & Boat Commission’s Fisheries Committee meeting Sept. 30, staff
Developing drought causing issues for anglers, others in Pennsylvania
Autumn made a warm, dry entrance in Pennsylvania, forcing delays in trout stockings, prompting wildfire warnings, and testing angler patience on steelhead streams.
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission announced Oct. 2 that stockings
Metro Area Fishing Report – October 19, 2025 – video
Some key takeaways from the recent changes in the weather/conditions.
Commentary: Report breaks down billion-dollar impact of outdoor recreation in Minnesota
Outdoor recreation is a huge economic driver in Minnesota, contributing $13.5 billion in gross domestic product, $23.5 billion in economic output, and supporting more than 96,000 jobs.
That’s the top-line take-away from a new
Steve Sarley: Bait shops of our past still reel me in now and then
I used to dream that I could quit my job and get in the fishing bait and tackle business. I figured that nothing would be better than to hang around my shop all day, scooping
Michigan legislation would fund Fisheries Division, boost fish production
A coalition of Michigan anglers is promoting legislation to rework funding for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division in an effort to boost fish production.
Ed Blissick, president of the Great Lakes
New York Fishing Report – October 17-24, 2025
The perch bite is on here, so try small jigs, small bright-colored spinners, or throwing gold-colored blade baits.
Glenn Sapir: Mentors needed to bring more minorities into the outdoors
This is the most colorful time to be outdoors. When you look up, you revel in the red, yellow, orange and purple that light up the trees.
On the ground, however, at least in my
Warm weather delays Minnesota DNR’s fish-stocking efforts, and muskie plan nears approval
While waiting for temperatures to drop at the end of September and into early October, Minnesota DNR fisheries crews were also waiting to begin stocking walleyes – which kicked off a few weeks later than
