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Metro Area Fishing Report – August 3, 2025 – video
Some things remain the same, but some small tweaks were made for solid results.

Steve Griffin: Boating fever hit from an early age and hasn’t gone away
It’s hard to forget what useful tools boats are, but let’s try, for now, to focus on the joys that boats offer, in themselves.
It’s apt. After all, Michigan’s at or near the top

Steve McComas: Summertime thoughts, and questions about Minnesota lakes
It’s the summer season in Minnesota, when there always are plenty of lake questions, along with some observations.
Here are a few from 2025.

Don’t forget about your local stream for summer fishing
One of the great things about living where we do is that you don’t have to look too far in order to find decent stream or river fishing.
Unlike lake or reservoir fishing, stream

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Aug. 4 La Crosse press conference called with eye on Mississippi River’s management
A group called Sustain Our River will host a press conference at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4 at the Black River Beach House to draw awareness on the value of the Mississippi River and the

New York Fishing Report – August 1-8, 2025
Anglers have been doing well fishing for brown trout on this famed fishery.

Minnesota CO Academy cadets exposed to ‘sportfishing scenarios’ as instruction nears its completion
For the past several weeks, through classroom and simulated field scenarios, 13 DNR Enforcement conservation officer cadets have been working to prepare for the job as Minnesota conservation officer.
Each week, the cadets focus

Steve Pollick: Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge intern offers hope for future
Just about the time you start worrying about the future of sportfishing in America, what with concerns about the aging of the angling population, along comes someone like Alex Marshall and an organization like Friends

Mike Schoonveld: Anglers go coast to coast in same day for great fishing on Michigan’s Great Lakes
I was intrigued when I saw a Facebook post highlighting an unplanned, coast to coast escapade made by three men from Hillsdale, Michigan.
Tim Parker, Mitch Lige, and Mark Sigler are all retired, all