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Osceola ice fishing team wins high school’s third Wisconsin state title
The Osceola Chieftains ice-fishing team won its high school’s third Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association State Championship on the Mississippi River in La Crosse during the Feb. 14-15 event.
The WIFA held its state championship

Minnesota’s Urban Ice Anglers sees first-year challenges, rewards in getting kids ice fishing
Karl Erickson is on a mission. As founder and executive director of Urban Ice Anglers in Minnesota, he’s working furiously to take 10,000 kids ice fishing. In one season.
Along the way, he aims

Court denies Unkechaug Indian Nation fishing rights for “glass” eels in New York
On Jan. 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the “Andros Order,” a 1676 agreement between Edmund Andros, then the Royal Governor of New York, and the Unkechaug Indian Nation,

Wisconsin Fishing Report – March 3, 2025
Anglers fishing out of here reported having success catching whitefish in 65 feet of water by using plastic jigs.

Gretchen Steele: It’s time for all outdoor groups to work together
I’ve been dismayed for some time about how divided outdoor lovers and recreationists have become. It’s done nothing but get worse. Social media has failed us in this arena; instead of being used to bring

New York’s Warren County Conservation Council honors Johnsburg’s Erika Patton
Johnsburg, N.Y. — Erika Patton, formerly of Johnsburg, is the Warren County Conservation Council’s first recipient of the Conservationist of the Year Award.
New York Mixed Bag: March 15 marks closing of certain fishing seasons
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reminds anglers that fishing seasons for walleye, northern pike, tiger muskellunge and pickerel all close statewide on March 15.

Dan Ladd: Reflecting and looking forward after five years as editor at New York Outdoor News
It was exactly five years ago this month, early March, when my predecessor, Steve Piatt, was set to retire as editor of this publication and handed the reins over to me. In my mind, it

Yellow bass fishery developing a legion of angling fans in southern Minnesota
It’s not every day that a new fishery develops, but southern Minnesota anglers have been buzzing about an exploding yellow bass population in the Fairmont area in recent years.
“They showed up (in the