Fishing
New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Let’s keep the Great Lakes ‘great’
For the most part, we are coming off a stellar year in 2024 on both of New York’s Great Lakes – Erie and Ontario. What happens in 2025 and beyond is anyone’s guess, but there
New Southwick report shows hunters, anglers spend billions
Recent reports from the American Sportfishing Association and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation show that hunting, target shooting and recreational fishing generate billions in retail sales, job creation, and conservation funding.
The newly released series
New York Mixed Bag: DEC holding Great Lakes sub-basin work group meetings April 29 – May 6
DEC is poised to host a series of Great Lakes Action Agenda Sub-Basin Work Group Meetings in late April and early May. The Great Lakes Program invites the public to take part in the sessions
Here’s what to know about the status of Minnesota’s ‘Great Eight’ walleye lakes ahead of opener
Assuming there it a normal ice-out year, Jensen suspects that anglers can get some catch-and-release action on the northern sand areas of the lake. Even though he isn’t sure why they group up in that
A case for fishing the Minnesota River — where ‘you never know what you may hook into’
Along its 332-mile journey beginning in Big Stone Lake at the Minnesota-South Dakota border, the Minnesota River bends and snakes its way through farms, forests, fields, and swamps until it meets the Mississippi River south
May fishing in Michigan is a fun time of year for all
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning novella “The Old Man and the Sea,” legendary novelist and short story writer Ernest Hemingway wrote: “Anyone can be a fisherman in May.”
He implied that the fishing is dang
New DNR leader, Hyun, speaks to Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Newly appointed Department of Natural Resources Secretary Karen Hyun made an appearance before Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) directors and affiliate representatives at the group’s annual meeting in early April, stating she was grateful for the
Commentary: Wisconsin outdoors users want to see Nelson-Knowles Stewardship Program continue
Wisconsin is fortunate to have a rich sporting heritage, with hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women taking advantage of our public lands each year. That tradition continues to thrive, in part, due to the
Fish sampling season luring anglers’ eyes in Illinois
As Illinois fishermen, this we know: Biologists and their crews aren’t sharing photos and catch reports from spring sampling sessions simply to tease and aggravate us. Pulling giant muskies, bass, and catfish into their boats
