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Upper Red Lake walleye regulations announced for winter season
The winter season walleye limit on Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake will be a four fish possession limit, with only one walleye longer than 17 inches allowed. This is a reduction from the 2025 open water

New York Mixed Bag: NYON contributing writer Leo Maloney recognized by Oneida City School District
New York Outdoor News contributing writer Leo Maloney was recently inducted into the Oneida City School District Foundation’s Wall of Distinction, celebrating a lifetime of achievement and philanthropy.

Car-top boat launch, fishing pier set to open on New York’s Skaneateles Lake after eagle nest delays project
Construction is substantially complete on a new fishing pier and car-top boat launch at the southwest end of Skaneateles Lake.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has partnered with the City of Syracuse

Town of Drummond wrangling with Wisconsin DNR over release of water into trout stream
The lack of rainfall in northwest Wisconsin has resulted in a weather classification of “abnormally dry,” with the impacts being felt on lakes and rivers throughout the region.
Bayfield County’s 97-acre Drummond Lake is

Rock River’s ‘hefty’ shovelnose sturgeon stoke curiosity of Illinois researchers
When anglers began regularly pulling hefty-sized shovelnose sturgeon from the Rock River – catching fish weighing up to 10 pounds – the Illinois DNR made sturgeon throughout the river a research priority. In 2022, the

Metro Area Fishing Report – October 26, 2025 – video
October is winding down and water temps continue to drop. Keep adapting and being versatile and you’ll find success.

Steve Griffin: Plenty of warnings exist in the outdoors; is it real risk or an emotional response?
I remember, hunkered down next to the basement laundry tub, cleaning game with my dad after a Saturday morning hunt: a couple of woodcock, a grouse, a cottontail rabbit.
Dad showed me how to

New York DEC’s K9 Unit back to full strength as three K9s, handlers complete training course
In October, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement continued its commitment to the K9 program, as three new K9s and their new ECO handlers completed an intensive 12-week training

Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 25, 2025 – video
Water temps in the low-50s, and shallower lakes have turned over. With the cold weather of late, they could all be turned over shortly in this area. Here’s what it all means for the bite.