Fishing
Michigan Fishing Report – August 20, 2025
Strong inland lake fishing of bass and sunfish continued.
Steve Carney: Expanded-use drop shots, and a waterfowl shot from North Dakota
The drop-shot rig has been a mainstay for bass anglers for many years, and now we are finding out that walleyes and crappies love the rig as well. It has taken this angler about a
For Minnesota’s Lake Alice, a drawdown gone awry
The DNR reported Aug. 12 that Lake Alice, located in William O’Brien State Park, experienced a near total water level drawdown due to a mechanical issue with a valve in the 65-year-old water-control structure that
Minnesota Mixed Bag: State Fair gets underway on Thursday
The 2025 Minnesota State Fair began Aug. 21 and continues through Labor Day, Sept. 1, with great weather in the forecast.
The DNR Building will offer a host of new exhibits and demonstrations this
Smoky conditions delay surveys, but the show goes on for Minnesota conservation officer pilots
As smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed Minnesota multiple times this summer, it has affected some of the work of DNR Enforcement conservation officer pilots.
For example, some of the affected tasks were sketch
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Downsizing for the dog days
Every spring, baitfish make their annual migration to the shallows to spawn. Through the early summer, the fish fry grow into minnows, and eventually they’re pushed off the shorelines and into the main lake. On
Commentary: It’s time to make catch-and-release bass fishing statewide in New York
I recently came across an old YouTube video posted July 12, 2009, that records my interview of Dean Meckes, of Clayton, describing how he won the New York State Bass Federation tournament out of Ogdensburg
A look at ever-changing record fish being caught in Illinois
Many things have changed over the last 100 years regarding fishing in Illinois. Thanks to 75 years of the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Program and the work of fisheries biologists working throughout Illinois, fishing
Apostles’ Outer Island lake trout cooperating this summer on Lake Superior
Active lake trout have been rewarding fishermen this summer who are willing to run the more than 20 miles from Bayfield, Wis., to the Outer Island area of the Apostle Islands archipelago.
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