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Dan Ladd: Sportsmen and women still pay for conservation
Like Vermont, fish and wildlife agencies across the country have begun to look ahead when it comes to future funding for outdoor resources. For nearly a century, a great deal of such funding has come

Winners chosen for Minnesota’s 2027 trout and salmon stamp, walleye stamp contests
Minneapolis artist Melissa Mickelson has won the Minnesota 2027 trout and salmon stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a lake trout, and Virginia artist John Barnard is the winner of the 2027 walleye stamp

Study: Illinois’ cooling lakes have blue cat formula
Nobody has to study anything to convince Brock Keayes that Powerton Lake contains monster blue catfish. A few years ago, Keayes turned heads in bait shops and on social media by pulling a 60-pounder out

Dean Bortz: Wisconsin Conservation Congress, DNR forge ahead
So we have a little news for this spot this week, followed by more submissions on short-eared does. I’m not sure what I started here when running the first bit on short-eared does, but apparently

Steve Gilbert: Can Michigan claim title to world record yellow perch?
Hopefully, you read my last column about the current world record yellow perch. After reading it, your next thought (like mine), was, what is the next potential record contender?
A quick review of the

Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – August 3, 2026
Nearly all charter and rec anglers are having continued almost exceptional action right now.

All of Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board appointees vulnerable to November election results
For the first time in decades – perhaps ever –Wisconsin residents will head into the Tuesday, Aug. 11, primary election with not one of the seven Natural Resources Board (NRB) members having received Senate confirmation.<br

Now a drained lake, southern Illinois’ Little Grassy begins comeback
More than a few southern Illinois anglers shed a tear last summer when DNR issued a fish salvage order on Little Grassy Lake.
It meant the popular fishing hole would be drawn down so

Metro Area (Minn.) Fishing Report – August 2, 3036 – video
The bass bite continues to be strong in our area.