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Metro Area Fishing Report – June 8, 2025 – video
Weed growth is a little wonky and fishing patterns fluctuate with the weather, but the fish are showing up.

Stay calm, patient to land big trout on ultralight gear
The summer sun was pushing its way over the far eastern fringe of trees, the sky around it a bright yellow gold. I stood quietly, listening to the stream bubbling, the birds singing and the

Bob Zink: Talk about opening a can of worms… in salmon
No, this article is not about crossbows, walleyes in Lake Mille Lacs, or deer and wolves in northern Minnesota. It’s literally about worms in cans – of salmon, that is.
My wife and I

Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 7, 2025 – video
Waters across the state are mostly murky. Here’s what that’s meant for the bite.

Nicholas Miofsky earns Wisconsin’s Shikar-Safari Club International warden of the year award
Nicholas Miofsky, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation warden supervisor in Milwaukee, received the 2024 Shikar-Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award.
DNR Chief Conservation Warden Casey Krueger presented the

Steve Griffin: Catching coho fever on a Lake Michigan pier
Fans of the coho salmon, original 1960s poster child of a new Great Lakes sport fishery, are hoping for a repeat of last year’s banner fishing year.
Count me among those hopeful fans. I

Time to think summer saugeyes in Ohio
Higher water is rarely a problem when using live bait for summer saugeyes. Using artificials may pose more of a challenge. Crankbaits can sometimes save the day, but not always. My challenge begins with where

Clear or dark water for muskies today? Here’s how to choose
Perhaps the biggest question a muskie angler faces each morning is which lake he should fish. Certainly he should consider the lakes that have been producing for him lately, as well as where he historically

New York Fishing Report – June 6, 2025
It is transition time for walleye fishing and the daytime bite is heating up here.