Fishing
Ralph Loos: Illinois record bass confusion? Just blame the flatheads
The tact I like to take in this job is to always assume I’m the dumbest guy in the room, and 10 times out of nine I’m pretty spot on about that. Such an approach
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – August 18, 2026
Bass can be found from Devil’s Hole to the Niagara Bar. Crabs and shiners can be fished off three-way rigs. Artificial baits will also produce a good deal of action.
88-year-old angler wins New York’s Summer LOC derby Grand Prize
Melvin “Jimmy” Adams, of Herndon, Pa., 88, hauled in a 29-pound, 14-ounce king salmon on July 20 to win the $16,000 Grand Prize in the Summer Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby.
The veteran
Fisheries highlighted in New York DEC’s new Hudson River estuary plan
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently released the Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda 2026-30, a five-year blueprint for conserving and restoring the Hudson River estuary and its watershed, which encompasses 13,400 square
New York Mixed Bag: DEC encourages hunters, public to participate in summer wild turkey survey
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking New Yorkers to participate in the state’s annual Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey, which takes place this month.
Not state records, but New York anglers catch summer trophies
Thus far in 2026, there have been no freshwater fishing records broken in New York State. But there’s still plenty of fishing time left in the season.
Meanwhile, there have been some notable catches
Patrick Durkin: Sonar expert Rick Krueger solved Wisconsin’s 45-year mystery of two missing men
My dad’s oldest brother, Donnie, worked at Kellogg’s cereals in Battle Creek, Mich.
Each summer, he pulled his boat and its twin 50-hp Mercury engines 320 miles to a cabin he and Aunt Jeanie
Minnesota DNR’s confiscated equipment auction: Where one person’s mistake could be your next treasure
It’s that time again, when confiscated, abandoned, and otherwise orphaned outdoor equipment is put up for auction by the DNR. Since online auctions have become the norm these days, bidders are only a few clicks
Dean Bortz: Wisconsin’s Chequamegon Bay whitefish win round one
It’s sort of hard to imagine, but in the five decades I’ve been roaming around Wisconsin’s outdoors there are still a few things I haven’t done. Fishing for whitefish, whether it be by ice or
