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New York Mixed Bag: DEC seeks hunter help for chronic wasting disease testing
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking hunters in several Herkimer County towns to assist with testing for Chronic Wasting Disease this fall.
In fall 2024, CWD was confirmed in a

Metro Area Fishing Report – October 12, 2025 – video
Sharing some key takeaways from the week on the water, as well as some consistencies.

No need to dig really deep for bass in the early fall
If the vegetation is starting to color up but not yet showing fall’s brightest hues, it’s probably time for bass fishermen to use lures that range medium-deep, according to the writer. The time to go

Jeffrey Frischkorn: Outdoor memories may get foggy, but they never fully fade
The older we get, the more cluttered our mind’s memory box becomes. That trophy buck you shot five years ago was actually taken 10 years ago. And the photo of the six anglers standing along

Illinois trout stocking delayed until possibly Halloween
The only luck a trout fishing die-hard will have when the season opens
Oct. 18 will be to maybe land a carp dressed up for Halloween as a rainbow trout.
That’s because DNR’s

New York Fishing Report – October 10-17, 2025
The perch bite is on at this popular fishery, so try small jigs, small bright-colored spinners, or throwing gold-colored blade baits.

Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 10, 2025 – video
The lakes are yet to turn over here. Here’s what that might mean for the bite.

Adam Eisele wins WISCO Bass championship, AOY award
Adam Eisele, of Fort Atkinson, won the WISCO Bass Fishing Crown Championship Tournament Sept. 14, and for the fifth straight year was named the WISCO Angler of the Year.
Eisele, 41, has been fishing

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board to meet Oct. 22
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Madison. The public may attend or watch the meeting on the DNR’s YouTube channel.