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Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – October 1, 2023 – video
Where the fish are biting and what anglers are using to catch ’em.

Top baits for icing winter panfish
So is there a single bait option that works best for catching panfish through the ice? That’s a loaded question, which doesn’t have just one definite answer. The problem (OK, it’s not really a problem)

Rocky outcrops attract fish: Here’s how to fish them
When I see the outcrop in my favorite lake, my thoughts go back to a smallmouth. It was a cold day in the fall. Dark with rain, one of those precursors to winter I doubt

Chair of Lake Superior Commercial Fishing Board: “This is the strongest that I’ve ever seen this fishery”
The Lake Superior fishery received some glowing words at the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board’s (NRB) Sept. 27 meeting.
Craig Hoopman, chair of the Lake Superior Commercial Fishing Board, told NRB members that fishing in

Tribal gill netting bad news for Michigan fisheries
Several years ago, I was fishing for walleyes on an inland lake with a well-seasoned guide (meaning he was probably 20 years older than me) and in casual conversation I learned he’d come from a

Trout in autumn means it’s second streamer season
There’s something about a streamer strike. You’re attentively striping line to give the fly action, making it appear like a fleeing fish, when, suddenly, there’s unremitting tension. The fly-line tightens and either lifts with a

Lovely time to be on a stream: Autumn fly fishing for trout is tough to beat
By autumn, most sportsmen from Pennsylvania and other states across the country are focused on the hunting seasons. This is especially true of deer hunters who hunt with bows and crossbows.
Only a

New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell studying Oneida Lake walleyes
Oneida Lake and its famed walleye fishery are among the most-studied and best-understood in the world.
Now, the knowledge gleaned over the last six decades by Cornell University’s Biological Field Station, at Shackleton Point

Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – September 29, 2023 – video
Fishing report for the Hayward area lakes, Chequamegon Bay, and Lake Superior.