Fishing
Bassmasters, MLF, hold events on New York fisheries
Western New Yorker Bailey Eigbrett, of Cheektowaga, won the Bassmaster Kayak Series event at Lake Champlain, and thus has qualified for the 2026 Bassmaster Kayak National Championship, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Eigbrett claimed the victory
Monster king salmon wins New York’s Summer Lake Ontario Counties Derby by 9 ounces
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
That Yogi Berra quote was most appropriate for this year’s Summer Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby that concluded July 27. In the end, it was Larry
Metro Area Fishing Report – August 17, 2025 – video
Summer patterns still in full swing. So what’s that mean for the bite right now?
Wisconsin wealthy in county, state, national forests
Trees may be just greenery as part of the scenery to some people, but Ron Weber extols the values of forests for recreation, wildlife habitat, watershed protection and economic opportunities any chance he gets.
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.
