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Patrick Durkin: Registering nonmotorized recreational ‘assets’ makes sense in Wisconsin
Those of us with long memories perked up in April when voters at Wisconsin’s annual conservation hearings supported registering nonmotorized recreational “assets,” which often go adrift or are left stranded on weak ice.
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Metro Area Fishing Report – June 23, 2024 – video
The walleye and bass are wanting it slow but stick to the course and you’ll catch fish. Seems to be some consistency lately as well.

Finding the perfect setup for catching summer saugeye
Catching a saugeye in the summer is an ongoing lesson in humility. The fruitless casting in July can get old. Soon after a lackluster trip I return with a new idea, only to feel like

Bass, muskies and perch fishing to hit prime in Michigan’s warming waters during July
The Michigan fishing season hits high gear in July. You can find exceptional fishing for just about every species. Warm water species thrive during July so those are logical locations to target. Bass, muskies, and

Kletsch dam fish passage opens 25 miles of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee River
The completion of the Kletsch dam fish passage in Glendale, Wis., opens 25 miles of the Milwaukee River north to Grafton, allowing fish to freely travel farther upriver now from Lake Michigan.
In addition,

Sturgeon running up the Milwaukee River in Wisconsin, but no spawning fish discovered yet
While fish swimming within a resuscitated lake sturgeon population continue to make a spring run up the Milwaukee River, the local fisheries crew has yet to see evidence of spawning.
Wisconsin Department of Natural

Fly-fishing for carp on Pennsylvania’s lower Shenango River? It’s fantastic fun
A friend promised me that we could catch a multitude of fish by wading into the lower Shenango River, just below the concrete structure that holds back the water that creates Shenango River Lake.

Interested in Ohio’s fall steelhead fishing? Here are some of the state’s best access points
If you’re a steelhead fisherman, it’s never too early to start thinking about the fall runs up the northeast Ohio tributaries of Lake Erie.
These lake-run rainbow trout make their temporary homes in a

Mike Schoonveld: All lost fish are big ones: Prove me wrong!
I saw a friend’s Facebook post recently in which he was showing off his first ever Chinook salmon.
He said it weighed 16 pounds then explained he’d hooked another but it tangled in a