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Tree drops, cribs improve Big Green Lake fish habitat in Wisconsin
Boaters on Big Green Lake in Wisconsin may have been puzzled, maybe even startled, this past summer to see a barge loaded with a 50-foot tree traveling on the lake.
Then the tree was

New York DEC issues 413 bass tournament permits through new system
Bass fishing tournament organizers wasted no time in reacting to a new regulation requiring them to obtain a permit to hold an event on a New York water. And the New York State Department of

Metro Area Fishing Report – January 19, 2025 – video
We’re seeing some tricks to catching fish in these conditions.

Kinkaid Lake’s 50-incher tops 2024 muskie creel survey in Illinois
A 50-incher hooked by Richard Wren last May at Kinkaid Lake topped the list of fish on the 2024 Muskie Creel Survey results provided by DNR Fisheries Chief Mike McClelland.
Kinkaid dominated the list

Move to tip-downs to improve ice-fishing success
Tip-downs seem to be an under-utilized ice-fishing tool in Minnesota. But these passive fishing setups are dynamite for light-biting perch and crappies, and they can help you cover more water.
Perhaps the reason

Vic Attardo: A few tips on taking full advantage of a good bite for bluegills
This year around Christmas, when a sudden frigid snap in Pennsylvania resulted in safe ice, feisty bluegills were most often caught. That’s typical of the first ice of the season. This season, the ‘gills seemed

New York Fishing Report – January 17-24, 2025
Anglers are now ice fishing on all of western New York’s popular inland ice fishing waters.

Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – January 17, 2025 – video
Finally ice around a good part of the state. So how’s the hard-water bite?

Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – January 17, 2025 – video
Let the ice-fishing season commence! Anglers in Central and Northern Ohio are already getting on the ice at various lakes and the hard-water fishing should only get better from here.