Fishing
Michigan Fishing Report – August 27, 2025
Walleye were taken in good numbers while trolling crawler harnesses or Jr. spoons on three to seven colors of leadcore in 80 to 130 feet of water.
Questions from the State Fair: Should Minnesota reduce the walleye limit from six fish to four?
Outdoor News contributing writer Ron Hustvedt grew up going to the Minnesota State Fair, and his favorite place to visit was, and still is, the DNR fish pond.
For this week’s Sounding Board, a
Minnesota Conservation Officer Academy produces 13 new grads
Thirteen individuals recently graduated from the Minnesota DNR’s Conservation Officer Academy and have begun patrolling Minnesota’s fields, waters, and woods. They spent nearly four months at Camp Ripley, immersed in learning all about being successful
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: A late-summer bluegill bonanza
As we reach the late-summer fishing season, walleyes are spreading out and crappies can be difficult to find as they roam deeper water and “hide” deep into the weeds. This is a great time to
New Audubon Western Pennsylvania director adjusts to new role in a new state
Chris Bason regards the crabbing and fishing he did with his father while growing up in Delaware as some of the most memorable and important times in his life.
“That’s how I got into
Steve Griffin: Research debunks long-held theory on walleye spawning in Michigan’s Saginaw Bay
Scientists work to answer a question: Where do these fish come from?
Who’d-a-thunk-it? Modern Saginaw Bay walleyes, long thought to spawn mainly in tributary rivers, are doing most of it in open waters. That’s
Federally endangered pallid sturgeon discovered in Iowa’s Des Moines River
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday that the federally endangered pallid sturgeon was collected for the first time from the lower Des Moines River. The discovery of two pallid sturgeon this spring
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – August 26, 2025
For the past weekend, most boaters headed offshore looking for scattered salmon and stable conditions. What they generally found was a really good steelhead bite.
Michigan DNR crews have stocked 18.9 million fish so far in ’25
This spring and summer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocked a total of 18,958,970 fish that weighed more than 331.5 tons and consisted of 10 different species and one hybrid.
Fish stocking is
