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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Bonus antlerless deer ‘tags’ on sale Aug. 18
Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2025 gun deer season will go on sale online through the DNR’s Go Wild system and at license sales locations starting at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18.

Try using subtle baits boldly for late-summer bass
Among my fondest fishing memories are late summer days catching bass on some of Pennsylvania’s clearest waters. Keystone Power Dam and East Branch Dam are still bodies that come to mind, along with flows such

Jeffrey Frischkorn: White perch, the beauty and/or bane of recreational anglers everywhere
Heralded as an attractive anglers’ target from North Carolina to Maine, the native and ubiquitous white perch earns no such honors west of the Atlantic Seaboard. Just the opposite, in fact, including in Ohio.

Mike Schoonveld: The ‘Secret Weapon Rig’ is not so secret, but it really catches fish
It’s been said that a secret is not a secret if more than one person knows it. That’s why the trolling technique called the “Secret Weapon Rig” is so poorly named.
I learned of

New York Fishing Report – August 15-22, 2025
Walleye fishing on Lake Erie is still phenomenal no matter what port you launch out of.

Tips on drop-shot rigging – video
A good set-up to use when fishing deep waters and tough bite situations, “Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests using a braided line for the main line, connected to an eyelet on your drop-shot set-up and then

Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – August 15, 2025 – video
Mid-summer patterns on inland lakes. Best bite is early or late.

Minnesota DNR reviews AIS aquatic plant treatment protocol due to concern for native habitat
Residents along Lake Minnetonka’s shoreline and Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies, Inc. President Jim Doyle like to say there are two different types of boat users. There are anglers who are constantly thinking about the

Here are your best bets for bronzebacks in southern Ohio
If you’re looking to catch a smallmouth bass in southern Ohio, there are definite options to land a decent size bronzeback.
Maybe not a Lake Erie-smallmouth, but there are some decent specimens on several