Fishing
Dean Bortz: Wisconsin’s Vilas County showcases strong DNR team during spring hearings
It was almost like the good old days on Monday, April 13, in Vilas County when 103 citizens poured into the St. Germain Elementary School for Wisconsin’s annual spring fish and game hearings proctored by
Here’s the 2026 outlook for Minnesota’s Great 8 walleye lakes
Minnesota anglers are starting to feel it now.
The state’s walleye and pike opener is less than two weeks away. While many anglers will get out onto small bodies of water in the early
Wisconsin Musky Clubs Alliance asking where money it donated to DNR went to
When the Musky Clubs Alliance of Wisconsin (MCAW) gifted $75,000 last year to the state Department of Natural Resources, it was with the intent of helping the agency stock more muskies in northeastern Wisconsin waters.
Wisconsin DNR fish program looking at $7.3 million budget shortfall
Wisconsin’s fisheries program is facing a projected $7.3 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2027 (starting July 1).
This shortfall means forced proposed cuts that include up to 70% reductions in some fish stocking
Batten Kill River trout project still awaiting New York state funding
Trout Unlimited’s initiative to improve trout habitat on the famed Batten Kill river is entering its seventh year in 2026, with several projects on tap on the Vermont and New York sides of the river
Metro Area Fishing Report – April 26, 2026 – video
More bipolar weather this past week, but it didn’t seem to make any drastic changes to fish behavior. Finding some consistencies but also some slight adjustments. The crappies are increasing their appetites a little, though.
C.B. Bylander: Oh, the perils of competitive fishing
When Rob Drieslein asked me to write a monthly column for Outdoor News, he advised me to focus on hook-and-bullet issues.
I did that in my first three columns. This time is different. Today,
Neil Payne, Bill Lunney enter Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
Neil Payne, retired UW-Stevens Point wildlife professor, and the late Bill Lunney, an advocate for wetlands and public parks, were inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame April 21.
Payne conducted research on
Light attendance in Wisconsin’s Washington County spring hearing
Only 26 sportsmen registered at the Washington County April 13 spring fish and game hearing. That compares to 95 attendees in 2019, the last pre-COVID in-person hearing.
After presentations from the DNR, an election
