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Sportsman Profile: Pennsylvania outdoor writer Jerry Bush has done it all here
For Jerry Bush, the next best thing to spending time outdoors is writing about it.
Bush, 69, of Hermitage, Mercer County, Pa., is an award-winning journalist whose articles and photographs have appeared in more

Huge Minnesota muskie from Mille Lacs’ depths reeled in
According to the Florida-based International Game Fish Association, Art Weston caught a potential record-breaking muskie measuring in around 138-centimeters or 54-1/3 inches on Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
After documenting its

Minnesota voters approve continued ENRTF funding, while Boundary Water advocates prepare for fight ahead
In the 2024 election, around 77.5% of Minnesota voters approved the renewal to allocate 40% of lottery money toward the Environmental Natural Resources Trust Fund. It is a fund that has supported almost 2,000 projects

Minnesota DNR stocking larger-than-normal walleyes following mild winter
In Ortonville-area walleye rearing ponds that support Minnesota stocking, the walleye fingerlings and yearlings are larger and heavier than normal in 2024. That’s a statewide trend following a mild winter.
“As many areas across

Steve Pollick: Ohio DNR’s ups and downs in first 75 years
The “DNR.” To many hunters, anglers, and other outdoors folks in many states, Ohio included, that is shorthand for The Law.
But that is a pretty narrow, sometimes even adversarial, view. It is one

Michigan Fishing Report – November 6, 2024
Both walleye and muskie anglers here reported that the bite was starting to pick up. Yellow perch anglers continued to have success, too.

Ice-free winters can be a problem on Lake Erie
On Oct. 17, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center predicted that the weak La Nina that has developed in the northern Pacific could produce above average precipitation and cooler temperatures in

Walleye fishery booming in Pennsylvania reaches of Lake Erie
Lake Erie walleye anglers this year enjoyed the second-highest catch rates since 1996, according to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Catch rates from May through September averaged 1.71 walleyes per hour, which is
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Hard Water Ice Fishing Expo is Nov. 16-17 in Blaine
The 2024 Hard Water Ice Fishing Expo is set for Nov. 16-17 at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
Featured at this year’s expo is a collection of shelters and wheelhouses, a kids trout-fishing