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Voter registration pitched at Michigan’s outdoor license dealers
Legislation to expand voter outreach to Michigan hunters, trappers, and anglers is moving through Lansing with the intent to get more to the polls.
“There’s a big push these days to get more folks

Metro Area Fishing Report – May 4, 2025 – video
Once again, this past week presented some challenges, but things bounced back and we are entering an amazing (and stable) stretch of conditions for a change.

How to use onX Fish to find new walleye waters in Minnesota
The Minnesota fishing opener is a time-honored tradition. It’s the sound of boat trailers rattling down gravel roads, the slap of minnows in a bucket, and the low hum of optimism that fills the spring

Steve Sarley: Here’s to hoping the Chicago Bears drafted a good hunter, angler (and football player)
As I am writing this, I am also thinking about who my beloved Chicago Bears are going to draft this year, who is going to help propel them to their next Super Bowl appearance.

New York Fishing Report – May 2-9, 2025
Lake Ontario Harbors and low ends of tributaries are good spots for a variety warmwater species.

Michigan anglers see mixed results on trout opener
Despite some trout-harboring streams remaining open to angling all year, Michigan’s official trout season kicked off on April 26. The season began somewhere between a whimper and a bang.
As is often the case,

Expansion of hunting, fishing opportunities on USFWS lands; and an end to early teal hunt on a Minnesota refuge proposed
In a release issued on Friday, May 2, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced 42 new proposed hunting opportunities across more than 87,000 acres within

Ohio’s Grand Lake St. Marys will be stocked with saugeyes
Anglers who fish the waters of 13,500-acre Grand Lake St. Marys may hook 14-inch saugeye by summer 2026 if efforts by the Ohio Division of Wildlife go as planned.
The division intends to stock

Understand the forage to become a better bass angler
If you’re like most bass anglers, you go to the lake, tie on favorite baits and head to spots where you’ve caught them before. If that doesn’t get you many bites, you switch baits and