Fishing
Minnesota fishing opener was grade A for the weather; fishing, too, in many cases
Unless you’re convinced that to properly catch walleyes in Minnesota, clouds must fill the sky – perhaps offering a light spitting of rain – and waves must rock your craft, you had to thoroughly enjoy
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – May 13, 2025
The go-to method was a jig and a minnow over the side of the boat while anchored up or spot-locked.
Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump’s push to deregulate
Virginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine’s chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state’s lifeblood industry mount.
Trade imbalances with Canada, tight regulations on fisheries and offshore wind farms towering
Sonar helps track down giant invasive carp as fisherman breaks his own Oklahoma record
In 2023, Baker set the Oklahoma state record for a bighead carp catch. That one also weighed 118 pounds, just 10 ounces lighter than the carp he snagged on April 26. Despite breaking his own
Illinois Mixed Bag: Large river fisheries ecologist to speak in Alton
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center will feature Andrya Whitten Harris, large river fisheries ecologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey, as the guest speaker for the upcoming SEED Series event from 10
Ralph Loos: Examining some results from Chicago River bass study
Even readers in deep southern Illinois are keeping a close eye on a largemouth bass tracking project taking place in waters most from the south will never drop a hook, line or sinker into.
New York’s Erie County Federation commends key sportsmen, conservationists
For the prestigious Stanley Spisiak Memorial Conservationist of the Year Award, General Motors Tonawanda was recognized for its water conservation practices in the Niagara River. At one point, the facility was drawing upward of 26
Several conservationist honored at New York’s Niagara County Federation banquet
Lockport, N.Y. — The Niagara County Federation of Conservation Clubs held its annual conservation awards banquet on Saturday, April 12, at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Lockport to honor the top conservationists for 2024. Here are
Joe Rist, New York Outdoor News’ Person of the Year, helps veterans find some peace on trout streams
Joe Rist, owner of Trout Town Flies, in Roscoe, in the Catskills is the 2025 New York Outdoors News Person of the Year.
The accolades and anecdotes shared by Rist’s colleagues are not just
