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Winter steelhead fishing: Lake Erie-area tributaries surprisingly accessible this time of year
The air temperature hovered near 35 degrees when my buddy, Jim, and I waded into the cold waters of a Lake Erie tributary, appreciating the protection of our waders, which kept us dry and comfortable.<br

Set for Jan. 5-7, Let’s Go Fishing Show in Illinois remains angler celebration in 30th year
Crappie fishing buddies Tom Henske and Bill Royce both call the annual Let’s Go Fishing Show “a meeting of the minds.”
Not that they agree on why – or much of anything else.

Strong cisco year-class benefits Lake Superior’s lake trout
There was good news coming out of the Dec. 13 Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting regarding the Lake Superior cisco and lake trout fishery, as a healthy year-class of ciscoes means lake trout anglers can

Spoon-fed: Here’s when and what to use when it comes to ice fishing with spoons
Spoons. If you were to look through any old angler’s tackle box, be it an open-water collection or a hardwater collection, you will more than likely find spoons.
Spoons play a huge part in

Don’t ignore deeper water for Michigan’s first-ice panfish
Ice anglers wait anxiously for first ice, knowing it’s one of the best times to catch bluegills.
Anglers predictably gather off weed edges where they last made big catches in the fall. That can
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Two 2024 Wisconsin sport shows announced
Wausau and Marinette will be the sites of two 2024 sports shows serving central and northern Wisconsin and northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Savvy techniques for catching crappies on the ice
For a moment, this silver-sided crappie glistened like the cold winter sun and the early morning reflection on the ice.
Fresh from the frozen lake, the crappie was a feather in my cap. It

Wisconsin Warden Brian Knepper chosen for Safari Club Int’l award
Brian Knepper, a lieutenant conservation warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, received the 2022 Shikar Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award at the Dec. 13 Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting

New York Fishing Report – December 22, 2023-January 5, 2024
The excellent bite continues to excite on the lower section of this river.