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Steve Sarley: Pure joy to pass along the family outdoors tradition
As I write this article, it is Father’s Day. My wife, Joyce, and I are proud to acknowledge that we have three wonderful adult children, a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law. We have one grandchild, the

Dan Ladd: Remembering New York’s Hadlock Dam failure 20 years later
The very first article I had published in New York Outdoor News was during the summer of 2005, the paper’s first year. It was a news story about the dam breach of Hadlock Pond, a

PFOS concerns create new health guidelines for eating Michigan’s fish
Michigan health officials issued nearly 1,000 new or updated Eat Safe Fish guidelines for 2025, driven by samples from dozens of new waterbodies and revised thresholds for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).
The Michigan Department of

New York Fishing Report – June 27, 2025
Lake Ontario trollers off Niagara County continue to report that coho are plentiful and still biting well.

High school student earns 20th Maryland Master Angler award
Nathan Choinski, of Churchville, has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Choinski is the 20th Master Angler since the program began in 2019. The award

Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: West Falls Access to be temporarily limited to carry-in, unpowered boat use
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently announced that the West Falls Access, which provides fishing and boating access to the North Branch Susquehanna River in Exeter Township, Wyoming County, will be limited to carry-in,

Boats, gear must meet Canadian aquatic invasive species requirements before entering Canada
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding boaters and anglers that Canada requires watercraft and equipment to meet Canadian aquatic invasive species regulations before crossing into Canada.
Canada Border Services Agency’s Memorandum D19-8-5 says

Huge Schuylkill River flathead will not be a Pennsylvania record, at least not officially
It might have been one for the Pennsylvania books – the record books – if only Dan Brown had been able to locate a certified scale for his mammoth flathead catfish.
The South Philadelphia

How do you catch a limit of Minnesota’s wild brook trout? Search in wild places
There are brook trout scattered throughout Minnesota, and much of the Upper Midwest. While you might assume that they’re prevalent in areas most known for trout fishing in general, that’s not always the case.