Fishing
Lake sturgeon spawning returns at Melvin Price site at Illinois/Missouri border
Lake sturgeon spawning near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam near Alton, Ill., is under way for the fourth straight year, earning a round of applause from fisheries biologists and wildlife officials in both Illinois
Breaking down the many black bass subspecies beyond largemouths and smallmouths
Ask most Outdoor News followers to name the different species of black bass and, most likely, you’ll hear largemouth and smallmouth.
Rightly so. Those are the primary species of bass we have in northern
Longtime coordinator reflects on growth of Minnesota DNR’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman program
East Bethel, Minn. — As the mentors and mentees – who’d worked for several weeks to hone their bowhunting skills – headed for their turkey-hunting blinds April 25, Linda Bylander, the decades-long coordinator of the
Streams of Thought: Kudos to Minnesota’s Jeff Manke and others like him
I haven’t yet taken the opportunity to offer my congratulations and thanks to our 2025 Person of the Year, Jeff Manke, of Cambridge, Minn.
Jeff’s various contributions to the outdoors and his local community
Steve Carney: With spring fishing, timing is everything
My second fishing trip to the Minnesota/South Dakota border waters of Lake Traverse and Big Stone Lake was much better than my first trip. Water temperatures had risen into the low 50s, and the bite
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Bear hunt lottery applications due Friday
A total of 4,605 licenses are available across the 15 quota areas where licenses are limited for the 2025 season, which opens Monday, Sept. 1, and closes Sunday, Oct. 12. Lottery winners will be notified
Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that means
The U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion has been made that public land be disposed of
Minnesota anglers await push of steelies along North Shore
The spring steelhead run along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota has begun in earnest, with stream temperatures finally hitting the magic 40-degree benchmark in lower and middle shore waters.
The spring
New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Lake Ontario is a salmon angler’s ‘kingdom’
On Lake Ontario, Chinook salmon is the “king” of this Great Lake.
When you add in the other popular species of salmonids like Coho salmon, brown trout, lake trout, and steelhead, this is a
