Fishing
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Bear hunt lottery applications due Friday
A total of 4,605 licenses are available across the 15 quota areas where licenses are limited for the 2025 season, which opens Monday, Sept. 1, and closes Sunday, Oct. 12. Lottery winners will be notified
Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that means
The U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion has been made that public land be disposed of
Minnesota anglers await push of steelies along North Shore
The spring steelhead run along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota has begun in earnest, with stream temperatures finally hitting the magic 40-degree benchmark in lower and middle shore waters.
The spring
New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Lake Ontario is a salmon angler’s ‘kingdom’
On Lake Ontario, Chinook salmon is the “king” of this Great Lake.
When you add in the other popular species of salmonids like Coho salmon, brown trout, lake trout, and steelhead, this is a
Walleye season opens May 3 on Iowa’s Great Lakes
The 150th walleye fishing season officially opens May 3rd at Iowa’s Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes.
“A very robust and healthy walleye population was observed this spring during broodstock collection efforts at
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 29, 2025
One tactic for brown trout anglers is to work the stained Oak River plume when everything else is clear.
Outdoors policy provisions in Minnesota remain in legislative limbo
As the state Senate’s environment bill approached the Senate Finance Committee in Minnesota, it was stacked with both policy and budgetary recommendations.
However, Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, author of the omnibus bill, S.F.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Fish salvage declaration at Little Grassy Lake
Illinois DNR issued a fish salvage declaration for Little Grassy Lake in response to rehabilitation plans for the Little Grassy Lake dam and spillway. Salvage may be conducted until April 1, 2026. Aquatic life may
Ralph Loos: Be it a fox, a rabbit, a fish or a bird, tracking for research makes for ‘a good day’
Two of the most enjoyable days of my career involved topics covered in a pair of stories that appear in this issue of Illinois Outdoor News.
The article about the beginning of the “fish
