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Mixed Bag: Names released in Isle Royale case
The two campers who were found dead at a remote campground at Isle Royale National Park have been identified as Bradley Baird, 30, and John Baird, 60, of Northville, Mich., the Keweenaw County Clerk and

Lake Winnebago’s ’24 fall trawl survey has good news for many Wisconsin anglers
For four decades, the annual Department of Natural Resources (DNR) trawling survey of Lake Winnebago has painted a picture of the health of Wisconsin’s largest inland lake and the many species of fish that course

Wisconsin’s Estabrook Falls project clears the way for sturgeon spawning
A fish passage around Estabrook Falls in Estabrook Park on Milwaukee County’s east side is under construction and should be complete by the end of September.
When it is finished, sturgeon in Lake Michigan

Metro Area Fishing Report – July 6, 2025 – video
Fish are definitely moving into their summer patterns – just took a little longer than usual.

Big browns are a fish with an affinity for mean water
Mean weather, mean water, and mean-looking flies are the keys to catching trophy brown trout.
People might want to watch the 1985 thriller “The Mean Season.” The movie is set in Florida, so it

Steve McComas: Examining the curious case of disappearing green sunfish from a Minnesota lake
Starting in the 1920s, gravel mining was active in the city of Maple Grove area in Minnesota. Several gravel pits were produced, and as gravel extraction was winding down, the pits filled with groundwater. Those

Steve Griffin: With a little effort we can slow spread of invasives
There’s two things we tend not to realize about aquatic vegetation, the stuff we call weeds: how important good ones are to the fish we love, and the threats invasive newcomers pose to the lakes

New York Fishing Report – July 4, 2025
The coho salmon bite off Niagara County is still going strong.

James Lindner: Mapping the modern weedline for summer bass
If you’re looking for largemouth bass in many of our northern, natural lakes, the approach is simple: Find the weeds, and odds are you’ll find bass. That being said, not all weeds are created equal.