Fishing
Wisconsin Fishing Report – May 1, 2025
Anglers targeting walleye here had the best success jigging hair jigs and trolling crawler harnesses under 10 feet of water.
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – May 1, 2025
Ditches are running with spring meltwater, and shallow bays are opening up fast. This is the prime window for finding huge pike staging for the spawn.
Metro Area Fishing Report – May 1, 2025 – video
Once again, the patterns change everyday and keep us on our toes.
Angler lands ‘unicorn’ largemouth, weighing nearly 9.5 pounds, in northeast Ohio reservoir
Will Lutes is glad he decided to go fishing on Saturday, April 12.
Really glad. That’s the day that Lutes, of Akron, landed a 9-pound, 3.5-ounce largemouth bass on Nimisila Reservoir in northeast Ohio.<br
Lake sturgeon spawning returns at Melvin Price site at Illinois/Missouri border
Lake sturgeon spawning near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam near Alton, Ill., is under way for the fourth straight year, earning a round of applause from fisheries biologists and wildlife officials in both Illinois
Breaking down the many black bass subspecies beyond largemouths and smallmouths
Ask most Outdoor News followers to name the different species of black bass and, most likely, you’ll hear largemouth and smallmouth.
Rightly so. Those are the primary species of bass we have in northern
Longtime coordinator reflects on growth of Minnesota DNR’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman program
East Bethel, Minn. — As the mentors and mentees – who’d worked for several weeks to hone their bowhunting skills – headed for their turkey-hunting blinds April 25, Linda Bylander, the decades-long coordinator of the
Streams of Thought: Kudos to Minnesota’s Jeff Manke and others like him
I haven’t yet taken the opportunity to offer my congratulations and thanks to our 2025 Person of the Year, Jeff Manke, of Cambridge, Minn.
Jeff’s various contributions to the outdoors and his local community
Steve Carney: With spring fishing, timing is everything
My second fishing trip to the Minnesota/South Dakota border waters of Lake Traverse and Big Stone Lake was much better than my first trip. Water temperatures had risen into the low 50s, and the bite
