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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

Michigan Mixed Bag: Hillsdale’s Ava Downs wins Gold in Women’s Trap in 2025 Junior Pan American Games
Hillsdale College Student Ava Downs won a gold medal in women’s trap at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay, on Aug. 11.
Downs qualified for the games at the USA Shooting

Lake Erie’s biggest walleye tourneys gear up for another fall run
Registration is open for Lake Erie walleye anglers to enter the two largest fishing derbies on the lake.
Registration for both the Walleye Slam and Walleye Fall Brawl is on pace to equal

Westmoreland club completes another important stream project in Pennsylvania
After completing 18 projects on their namesake watershed, Tubmill Creek, the Tubmill Trout Club members in Pennsylvania turned their attention to another nearby degraded water – Shannon Run.
“The Shannon Run project is different

Wisconsin Fishing Report – August 25, 2025
Anglers have been reporting high catches of Chinook salmon here.

Ohio Insider: Time to make the walleye the official state fish
Lawmakers in Columbus are once again rallying efforts to officially declare the walleye as the state’s fish.
The last time around, the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife said it would not take an official

Seven inducted into Ohio DNR Hall of Fame
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) recently celebrated and honored Ohioans for their lifetime achievements in conservation and protection of Ohio’s natural resources with a ceremony to honor Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame inductees and to