Fishing
Kristin Ojaniemi: Snowmobiles help access big fish in backwoods lakes
What I enjoy the most about ice fishing is how accessible it is, or so I thought. You don’t really need a ton of gear – a sled, auger, a bucket to double as seat
Spring is a great time to target all Ohio’s Muskingum River has to offer
The Muskingum River watershed circulates the life blood of eastern Ohio, a massive 8,051 square miles, through all or part of 27 counties, the major cities of Akron, Mt. Vernon, Mansfield, Marietta, Newark, Canton, Zanesville,
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: April trout season opener kicks in this year
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds anglers that the 2026-27 inland trout season will open on Saturday, April 4 and run through Oct. 15, increasing harvest opportunities throughout the state’s inland streams, springs
Wisconsin NRB poses questions on DNR license fee increases
While most of the focus falls on Wisconsin DNR fish and wildlife questions or Conservation Congress advisory questions during the annual spring fish and game hearings, the Natural Resources Board (NRB) may also offer advisory
Ask a fisheries biologist: What research is saying about the impact of forward-facing sonar
In early February, the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Fisheries Society met in La Crosse. One conference topic heavily overlapped conversations among anglers: the effects of fishing technology.
In recent years, advanced sonar systems,
Removal of Mississippi River refuges, sturgeon are on Wisconsin DNR fish list of questions
The Wisconsin DNR’s fisheries bureau has just four questions on the Monday, April 13, spring hearing agenda – three related to the removal of three fish refuges on the Mississippi River that are no longer
License fees among April 13 spring hearing agenda items in Wisconsin
The 2026 spring fish and game hearings will take place in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, April 13, this year with 44 questions from the Department of Natural Resources, Natural
Ice-out crappies: Find ’em fast, catch ’em faster
Finally, the ice is going fast in Minnesota (if it isn’t already out), and boat motors will once again cruise across natural lakes in search of ice-out crappie action. Where are they, and what presentations
First phase of work on New York fish hatcheries underway
Anglers who hit their favorite stocked trout streams April 1 and beyond can thank New York’s network of fish hatcheries for providing them with their quarry.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation operates 12
