Fishing
Move to tip-downs to improve ice-fishing success
Tip-downs seem to be an under-utilized ice-fishing tool in Minnesota. But these passive fishing setups are dynamite for light-biting perch and crappies, and they can help you cover more water.
Perhaps the reason
Vic Attardo: A few tips on taking full advantage of a good bite for bluegills
This year around Christmas, when a sudden frigid snap in Pennsylvania resulted in safe ice, feisty bluegills were most often caught. That’s typical of the first ice of the season. This season, the ‘gills seemed
New York Fishing Report – January 17-24, 2025
Anglers are now ice fishing on all of western New York’s popular inland ice fishing waters.
Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – January 17, 2025 – video
Finally ice around a good part of the state. So how’s the hard-water bite?
Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – January 17, 2025 – video
Let the ice-fishing season commence! Anglers in Central and Northern Ohio are already getting on the ice at various lakes and the hard-water fishing should only get better from here.
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board meeting Jan. 22
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in public meeting room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster Street, Madison, when board members are expected to
Good news for Wisconsin sturgeon spearers: Lake Winnebago ’bloodworm’ densities highest since 2019
If the success of Wisconsin’s annual Lake Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season depends on the strength of a “three-legged stool” that supports the season, then the 2025 rendition should have at least two strong corners
Sportsman profile: Family volunteers focus of master watershed steward in Susquehanna County, Pa.
Volunteering as a Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward has enabled Tim Matthews to combine his skills and interests and engage with his community to design family-friendly projects aimed at protecting and improving the environment.<br
Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania Game Commission committee a good idea, but timing is off
The recently formed Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners’ Wildlife Management Committee makes sense, but the timing could be better.
As for the committee itself, it consists of five commissioners who discuss various proposals and
