Fishing
Illinois Mixed Bag: Bill proposes Illinois state mushroom
Illinois has a state fish, state tree, state flower, state insect and even a state prairie grass, yet no state mushroom. But after being contacted by a fifth-grade teacher at Prairie School of DuPage, State
Ralph Loos: Change coming to the Illinois high school bass fishing series
We’ve reported on the possibility of big changes to the high school bass fishing state championship series, and things have become official. A regional round will be added in 2025, creating a new level of
New York Department of Environmental Conservation working to reestablish cisco in Keuka Lake
If you’re a New York angler and you don’t know anything about cisco, you aren’t alone.
In some states, cisco, which are classified as salmonids, are an important game fish. But they aren’t a
Lewis Posekany, Walter Bresette inducted into Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
The late Lewis Posekany, retired Wisconsin DNR water resources specialist, and the late Walter Bresette, of Red Cliff, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame April 17.
Posekany was an environmental
New York Mixed Bag: Syracuse gun show, more events scheduled for late April
Syracuse, N.Y. — The New York State Sportsman’s Association is holding its annual spring gun show April 20-21 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Considered to be the largest show of its kind
Wisconsin’s Washington County spring hearing draws small crowd
The four-year lag between in-person spring hearings (the last one was in 2019) took a toll on attendance at the Washington County spring hearing. Only 42 people registered at the meeting in West Bend April
Fishing the large waterway of Pennsylvania’s Big Pine Creek is tough chore right now, but the trout are there
This past Sunday morning I headed to camp in Tioga County to visit one of my favorite Pennsylvania trout streams, the Big Pine Creek.
Through the many years, I’ve cast nymphs, dry and
Ohio 15-year-old catches giant blue catfish, likely setting new state record
On a sunny Sunday afternoon on April 7, 15-year-old New Richmond High School sophomore Jaylynn Parker lit a match to the Ohio fishing world with her 101-pound plus blue catfish she caught on a jug
Mike Raykovicz: New York hunters will notice a change to their license this fall
This fall, New York hunters will notice a change in their hunting license. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the paper used to print hunting licenses will change from the familiar synthetic
