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Marcy West won’t seek second term on Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
Marcy West, Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) member from Vernon County, announced at the board’s April 9 meeting that she is ending her position on the board.
West was nominated to serve on the

Steve Griffin: Michigan trout anglers get a fresh start on Opening Day
Michigan trout season offers a real opening, going from no fishing to plenty of it. And, it just gets better and better.
We like fresh starts. The first day of school. Ash Wednesday or

Metro Area Fishing Report – April 13, 2025 – video
Open-water fishing is here and the fish (crappies) are biting. Here’s a breakdown on the current conditions and what’s working.

Mike Schoonveld: Are fish guts food, fertilizer, or garbage when a fish house isn’t available?
My first fishing trip of the season was successful. The cohos were in southern Lake Michigan, right on schedule, and my friend and I caught our limits plus a bonus brown trout.
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Minnesota high school students get fish curriculum that goes beyond angling 101
High school teacher Dan Kreft has brought a course to Hinckley-Finlayson High School that should be the envy of students all across Minnesota: angling.
When Kreft read about a school on Minnesota’s Iron Range

Lake Michigan commercial trawling rules for whitefish finally settled
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved permanent changes to Lake Michigan commercial fishing trawling regulations for lake whitefish.
The proposal had been tabled at the February meeting, but at the April 9 meeting

Fly-fishing for crappies is a fun way to change things up this spring
With the enthusiasm of the Pennsylvania trout season opener coming to an end and the preparation to the upcoming spring gobbler season on the horizon, there is an underrated and overlooked opportunity during this midspring

Here’s how to work the remarkably weedless, deadly effective bladed jig
It was a blustery fall day with temperatures in the 40s and a slicing north wind that pushed water temperatures into the low 50s.
In my mind, it was perfect for a spinnerbait spun

Michigan’s Sturgeon River steelhead make for decades worth of opener memories
We’ve lost track over the years, but this spring is between our 35th and 40th year that our close-knit group of high school buddies will have spent the trout opener on the Sturgeon River near