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Access to Illinois streams, creeks on private land remains unfixed
In question is a fisherman’s access to a creek or stream that winds though private land. Or a canoe or kayak navigator that decides to get off the water on private land along a river.

Bill Hilts, Jr.: Targeting Sharks (on purpose) during a fishing trip to South Carolina
We needed a break. After going through all the anguish of trying to get our house ready to sell, we were in the final phase of listing the house with a realtor. It was time

Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 24, 2024 – video
In southern Michigan, summer patterns going strong. Overall across the state, walleye fishing has been good.

New Illinois record saugeye has ‘weighty’ story
A few quick and important lessons for anglers arrived with the newest Illinois state record fish: Persistence pays off, trusting your handheld scale does not — and the metric system continues to create chaos. Michael

Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – June 24, 2024
By most all accounts the trolling action has been real good.

Notes off a soiled cuff: Would free fishing, hunting licenses help fill critical positions in Pennsylvania?
Like in Pennsylvania, Michigan’s leaders are having trouble attracting enough people to fill critical roles to protect society, so they have come up with a novel idea. A lawmaker there has introduced a bill to

Dean Bortz: Here’s how the Wisconsin DNR fish teams conduct their lake surveys
I recently received a hand-written letter to the editor from one of our regular readers in Two Rivers who checked in with a question.
His question: “Why in the world would anyone care about

Trout Unlimited trout school helps Wisconsin students learn ‘on the fly’
Almost 50 years ago, Dan Harmon III had a vision of introducing people to the sport of trout fishing.
Harmon, a Trout Unlimited member from Oshkosh, Wis., who passed away last year at age

Understand a river’s flow to catch more fish
Rivers are seen by many anglers as mysterious and complicated places to fish – especially, where to find fish. They’re quite different from lakes. And if you tally the factors or conditions that affect rivers