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Belly boating for brookies: Get to those hard-to-access hotspots
Brook trout, Michigan’s state fish, often are associated with tiny, jump-across creeks. Angling means belly-crawling to their edges so you don’t spook them before dropping an earthworm or grasshopper into the often gin-clear water to

Big walleye derbies ready to kick off on Lake Erie
For the next few months, thousands of anglers will be trolling and casting Lake Erie’s waters in hopes of catching a walleye worth thousands of dollars in prizes.
The two largest walleye fishing derbies

Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – September 27, 2023
By September standards and with a recent dry period, the salmon action is pretty good.

Michigan Fishing Report – September 27, 2023
On Lake Erie, Large numbers of yellow perch were caught here

Gear & Gadgets: Ground-blind chairs and more
Make sure your hunting blind has the most comfortable chairs with the Fleet Farm Swivel Chair Fleet Farm Swivel Chairs are constructed with a durable steel frame complete with jointed and flared feet for a

Low-water woes, and a ‘blue’ pike from Otter Tail County, Minnesota
The low-water woes continue as we slide into late September. This low-water issue is a factor for both fishing and for duck hunting.
I had a backwater area scoped out for the early duck

Gathering of outdoors writers includes awards, fishing, and much more in Bemidji, Minnesota
The Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers (AGLOW) held its 67th annual meeting in Bemidji, Sept. 17-21. Founded in 1956, AGLOW is an organization of writers, editors, publishers, broadcasters, authors, lecturers, photographers, artists, electronic media

Autumn rock bass: Lake Bemidji’s most misunderstood fish?
Lake Bemidji, located in northern Minnesota, has some remarkable traits and history. The Mississippi River runs both in and out of this deep, clean lake that glaciers carved 10,000 years ago. American Indians hunted around

Chance to hook a stocked rainbow trout returns Oct. 21 at several Illinois sites
In about a month – on Oct. 21 to be exact – anglers will stand along the shorelines of nearly 60 ponds, lakes, and streams throughout Illinois, anxiously watching the clock.
At the stroke