Fishing
Members hope to revive Wisconsin’s Sporting Heritage Council
The Sporting Heritage Council, an organization created by the Wisconsin legislature in 2011 and coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources, has not met since 2022.
An article in the last issue of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board to meet in-person on Feb. 28 in Madison
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 8:30 a.m. in room G09 of the State Natural Resources Building to consider several proposed rule-making documents, a proposed land sale and
Wisconsin’s sturgeon spearing opener severely hampered by weather
Unseasonable warm weather, rain, and high winds combined to create the worst ice conditions in memory for the sturgeon spearing season that opened Feb. 10 on Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes Poygan, Winneconne,
Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake sees 10% decrease in total harvest quota
The Mille Lacs Lake fisheries advisory committee (MLFAC) met on Tuesday, Feb. 15, to discuss open water regulations for the lake and 2024’s allowable walleye harvest level. That level is down from last year.
Ask a fisheries biologist: Research illustrates the futility of trying to release bow-shot fish
Bowfishing is a popular practice, with at least some legal opportunities in all 50 states.
Unlike hook-and-line angling, bowfishing does not lend itself to the release of fish. The practice of attempting to release
New York hunters, anglers, trappers get added flexibility for purchasing licenses
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that beginning with the 2024-25 sporting license year, the paper used for state sporting licenses and carcass tags will change from special stock synthetic paper
New York Fishing Report – February 16, 2024
There is a mix of unsafe ice and open water on this fishery, where the current warm-up could possibly trigger some panfish action in the canals.
It’s a great winter to try the southeast Minnesota trout option
Down in the bottom-right-hand corner of Minnesota, some 700 miles of trout streams flow through the valleys between bluffs. They range from oversized trickles to wade-with-caution rivers. Finning in those cool, clear streams are brook
Ben Moyer: Pennsylvania’s Provident family engages new generation in the outdoors
The ice came; the ice went.
Still, winter delivered a weeklong window when Pennsylvania ice anglers could indulge that passion they pine for. An account of one outing follows. Long-time readers may recall the
