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Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Fish big, high, and fast for late season panfish
As the snow atop the ice on Minnesota lakes begins rapidly to melt under a more favorable angle from the sun, panfish begin to position themselves higher in the water column. This can be one

Video: 4,700 rainbows stocked in Pennsylvania’s Frances Slocum Lake
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) stocked approximately 4,700 Rainbow and golden Rainbow Trout at Frances Slocum Lake in Luzerne County this week.
Because the lake remains frozen, a hole had to

Mille Lacs Fisheries Committee pushes for three-walleye limit at start of opener-water season
Unlike a typical February gathering of the Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee during which the Minnesota DNR officials come to the table with the allotted walleye poundage the state can take for the coming season,

Wild game dinner in rural Pennsylvania offers guests a unique mixed menu
The buffet line inside the fire hall in rural Pennsylvania was a familiar sight last weekend as a crowd of about 150 people heaped dinner onto their plates before sitting down to eat, hear a

No homefield advantage for team USA at World Ice Fishing Championship in Michigan
Although Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is 4,526 miles from Tamarack Lake in Lakeview Mich., anyone still awake in Vilnius when the final bell signaled the end of this year’s World Ice Fishing Championship probably

Is a spring steelhead season to remember coming on Lake Erie tributaries?
The outlook for the spring 2025 steelhead fishery is mixed. My 40 years of experience fishing the tributaries signals that it could be exceptional. I believe the poor fishery experienced last autumn and winter should

Mike Schoonveld: Would selling fish be a problem or a solution for Michigan?
I was at an after-dinner gathering of fishermen hailing from several states recently. It was what many would call a “bull session” where fishing tales, opinions, jokes, and other more or less important discussions flowed

Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – February 25, 2025
Some of the winter fish that have been hiding around should be reinvigorated and redistributed thanks to the rising and off-color flows here.

Deadlines to remove ice shanties approaching on Wisconsin waters
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds ice anglers of the following deadlines to remove their permanent ice shanties, or those that aren’t removed daily, on inland and boundary waters.