Fishing
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – September 12, 2025 – video
Some of the best fishing of the year is happening now, with the hottest bite on the rivers.
Wisconsin loses conservationists Carl Batha, Carol Murphy
Wisconsin lost two hard-working conservationists in August, as Carl Batha, 78, and Carol Murphy, 64, passed away.
Batha, of Platteville, retired from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as a wildlife ecologist, and was
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Flipping out for water change fishing in New York’s Niagara River
When the winds of change blow on the Great Lakes, water is moved around – having a profound impact on where fish want to be. It was over 40 years ago when I first experienced
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board meeting Sept. 24 in Madison
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster Street, Madison.
PFAS-related consumption advisories issued for ducks, deer and fish in parts of Wisconsin
The alphabet soup of chemical pollutants (DDT, CWD, VHS, HPA, PFAS) just expanded with the release of a consumption advisory for mallards and wood ducks harvested from Green Bay due to the contamination of per-
Mike Schoonveld: Time to feed those invasive carp another plan
If the first person to import Asian carp to North America was a Star Trek fan, when he turned them loose perhaps he repeated the traditional Vulcan phrase Mr. Spock often used, “Live long and
Steve Piatt: How good was the fishing? The hands tell the story
Undertake any weeklong fishing trip and you’ll undoubtedly return home with plenty of pictures. After all, you’re fishing all week, every day. You should be able to catch fish in a bathtub on that schedule.
Attention to detail – video
Examples include the water clarity and temperature, structural locations, weed growth and the depth where fish may be at, cast retrieve and trolling speed, to name a few.
Ohio’s outdoor trailblazers: Peg VanVleet hooks kids on fishing
Peg VanVleet never stood a chance of not being a fisherman.
“My parents were fishers and both set of grandparents were fishers,” said the retired Lake Erie charter fishing captain. “And, my one grandmother
