Fishing
Lake Erie celebrated at 45th Governor’s Fish Ohio Day
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel joined a host of other walleye fishermen on Lake Erie Wednesday, July 16, to celebrate the 45th Governor’s Fish Ohio Day.
The annual event highlights
Recapping what North Dakota’s 2025 legislative session meant for the outdoors
One often overlooked area in North Dakota’s outdoors is the recently completed legislative session. Game and Fish Department Director Jeb Williams, deputy Director Scott Peterson, along with division chiefs and expert staff worked diligently for
Three solid patterns to use for ‘hot’ August muskies
Catching muskies in August can be difficult. Years ago anglers believed their lack of action was a result of the fish losing their teeth. We now know muskies carry a full set of dentures all
Commentary: U.S. House considering ‘dirty water’ bill to strip away key Clean Water Act protections
Recent polling shows that while Minnesotans have their share of political disagreements, those disagreements largely end, in a sense, at the water’s edge.
A whopping 86% of Minnesotans reached in a March opinion poll
A look at some of the best new fishing products from ICAST 2025
America’s largest sportfishing show, the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST), ran July 15-18 in Orlando, Fla., and attendees witnessed an upbeat 2025 industry rendezvous.
This year, the show’s 14,000 attendees came from
Michigan Fishing Report – July 23, 2025
The lake trout bite was very good at Big Reef and at deeper depths around Grand Island.
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Watch the bobber with water temps rising
Water temps are up, weeds are up, and the bobbers are going down! Most of our guides are going the way of bobber and leech/nightcrawler for walleyes. Find some nice weeds and set your bobber
Steve Carney: It’s OK to acknowledge the hatch of the bugs will win
One of the most frequent questions I get from anglers is how to deal with bug hatches. Bug hatches on our natural lakes are good things. This means the ecosystem is working according to plan.
State Roundup: Lake Wisconsin, Wisconsin River part of outstanding sturgeon waters for upcoming hook-and-line season
Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin River up to the Wisconsin Dells dam was estimated in 2008 to have a population of 1,600 adult fish that are 50 inches or longer. According to a DNR report,
