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Al Lindner: Top tips for early-season walleyes
The 2024 Minnesota game-fishing season has arrived. The fishing opener – a tradition rivaled only by that of the firearms deer season – was last weekend, but the thrill of catching prime-time, early-season walleyes remains.<br

Time to cash in on crappies in the Midwest; here’s what to know
As I pen this story, the crappie bite here in the Midwest is heating up, a bit later than usual, thanks to warmer temperatures not really hitting us too hard early on. With the warmer

Viral hemorrhagic septicemia the culprit in Michigan’s Lake Macatawa fish kill
An ongoing fish die-off on Lake Macatawa, near Holland in Ottawa County, stems from the virus responsible for causing viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed.
Reports of

Michigan Mixed Bag: Kids Fishing Day returns to DNR Pocket Park in Escanaba
The 31st annual Kids Fishing Day is on June 8. Registration is between 1:30 and 3 p.m. at the Michigan DNR Pocket Park, at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba.
All activities are

Outdoor Observations: Sharing spots shore fishing in Michigan, and that’s just fine
Evening was fading quickly, and I really didn’t have the time to take the boat down to a lake and launch it for an evening of fishing. Instead I grabbed my rod and tried a

Notes off a soiled cuff: Reimburse Pennsylvania hunters if deer test positive for CWD
Given the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s extremely robust financial position, the fast spread of chronic wasting disease in our state and the threat it poses to influence deer hunters to drop out of the sport, I

Tapping into the hot walleye bite on Mille Lacs – video
Tips on how to find and catch walleyes right now on the big pond.

13 new Ohio wildlife officers now on the job
Columbus — Thirteen Ohio wildlife officers from the 32nd Wildlife Officer Pre-Service Training Academy were sworn in during a graduation ceremony in March, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The 13 officers

Ohio Mixed Bag: Greene County gets new officer
Ohio wildlife officer Alex Almeter, of Randolph, New York, has been assigned to Greene County, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Officer Almeter replaces state wildlife officer Matthew Hunt, who was promoted