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Bob Gwizdz: Michigan’s Hex season was short, but sweet!
I was beginning to think this was going to be a bust. Again.
We were on the Au Sable River and by 10 p.m. my partner, Steve Sendek, said he’d seen a total of

New York’s brook trout record allegedly broken in the Adirondacks
It’s been 12 years since New York’s brook trout record was last broken. But Ben Ferguson’s 6-pound, 3-ounce brookie, landed July 5 in the St. Regis Canoe Area in the Adirondacks, once officially confirmed, resets

Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July 14, 2025
The classic jig and frozen emerald shiner combo continues to catch nice walleyes. Hot jig colors have been orange, yellow, gold, gold/chartreuse, and orange/yellow.

Using leeches for walleyes and sunfish – video
Keep your leeches alive for a longer period of time before use to change out the water every other day and store them in non-chlorinated water. And keep them at around 34 degrees, making them

Jeremiah Haas: The joy of the unknown is often the fun of fishing new waters
It’s the summer and families across the country are taking their vacations.
For me, it was a trip down to Jacksonville, Florida, to a home owned by a friend about a mile up

Metro Area Fishing Report – July 13, 2025 – video
Everything seems to be moving nicely into summer patterns and fish are schooling up.

Take a new approach to catch big warm-water smallies
The days of hungry, shallow-swimming fish are over.
The spawn is long gone, the water temperatures are high, and the recreational boaters are out in swarms. If fishing smallmouths is your jam, this can

Pennsylvania House panel to study pay of conservation officers
The state House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee in late June unanimously approved a resolution to conduct a study of the salaries and benefits of conservation officers in Pennsylvania compared to conservation officers in

Whitefish woes continue in the lower Great Lakes
The plight of lake whitefish in the Great Lakes continues.
Whitefish are found in all of the Great Lakes but tend to be somewhat localized and seasonal. They’ve been an important subsistence species for