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Bassmaster to rein in live sonar for Elite Series in ’26
B.A.S.S., the worldwide authority on bass fishing, announced Tuesday an update to its forward-facing live sonar policy that will take effect during the 2026 Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series season.
Beginning in 2026, forward-facing live

State Roundup: A hat tip to Wisconsin’s Larry Slagoski
On the front page of the latest print issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News, our veteran newsman Steve Heiting has a story about the retirement of Larry Slagoski, of Weston, the longtime president of the Musky

Patrick Durkin: Recent fishing trip recalls worst travel day ever
The little city of Eveleth, Minn., is 65 miles north of Duluth, and it’s home to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. It’s also just west of Hwy. 53. I overnighted there in October 1994

New York DEC, USFWS to monitor salmon in Lake Champlain tributary
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the initiation of a collaborative project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and town of Willsboro to improve monitoring of spawning Atlantic salmon in

Dan Ladd: Be careful relying on artificial intelligence for your info on outdoor regulations
Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, and that includes things relative to the outdoors.
Try a Google search of anything from the latest guns or gear to perhaps a hunting or fishing destination and see

Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – September 2, 2025
Lately, some of (but not all) the best big fish action has been for likely staging salmon in 80 – 120 feet of water.

Drifting along Minnesota’s Driftless Region makes for great kayak fishing
My jerkbait skipped across the turbid water as I cast into a well-known river in the Driftless Region of southeastern Minnesota. The lure came to rest under a low-hanging limestone shelf, and I let it

Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – September 1, 2025
Jumbo perch remain a bonus catch, mixing in with the walleyes across the basin.

Wisconsin’s Brett Leable spreading word on free-dive fish spearing
“I always say if you like to hunt, and you like to fish, you will love spearfishing,” Brett Leable said. “It’s basically hunting while underwater.”
Leable, a member of the National Freshwater Spearfishing Association