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Metro Area Fishing Report – August 16, 2026 – video
A nice combination of weather and some changing patterns.

Trout baits for catfish? This Ohio guide shows it works
Although I had previously used shrimp while fishing for whatever was biting during a few vacations along Florida’s Atlantic coast, it wasn’t until I went out with a few Sandusky Bay catfish guides that I

Meyer, Vander Velden earn top Wisconsin Wildlife Federation conservation awards
State conservation leaders gathered in Marshfield this year as the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) honored individuals and organizations for their dedication and hard work that benefits state fish and wildlife, habitat work, educational efforts, and

Steve McComas: How extreme temps impact a lake’s ecosystem
When fish start dying in Minnesota lakes in the summer, and especially when there were more than 200 confirmed fish kill reports at the end of July, it gets our attention.
Yet, the warm

Understand temperature, tricos and terrestrials for late-summer trout in Minnesota’s driftless area
Back in April and May every angler was a hero in Minnesota’s driftless area.
The water temperature was perfect. No weeds to walk through. Hatches were abundant. Caddis were so thick and the fish

Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Catching Dreams Tournament provides sunshine in the rain
It was a rainy morning on the waters of New York’s lower Niagara River and on the famed Niagara Bar on Aug. 7, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the participants of the Fifth

Wisconsin DNR working on updates to bass management plan
The state’s bass populations may not receive as much love as the – maybe? – more popular walleye and muskie populations, but all the same Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fish biologists are charged

Commentary: Proof that FFS is game-changer
Wisconsin Outdoor News readers may have read Jack Dura’s article, “The Modern High-Tech Fishing Debate Heats Up In Region.”
Dura wrote that surveys were taken from fishermen regarding their catch with and without the

New York Fishing Report – August 14, 2026
Inshore salmon fishing has been hot for most anglers on this premier fishery.