Fishing
Anglers reminded that red swamp crayfish are illegal in Illinois
If you are a fisherman in Illinois who likes to use crawdads as bait, there is good reason to pay attention to the next one you place on the hook.
Conservation police officers, biologists and DNR staffers deserve applause
To continue with a subject I addressed recently, I wanted to give a little more praise to the valiant warriors of the DNR, not just in our home state of Illinois, but in all of
There are giant bighead carp in the Illinois River
Recently, social media was buzzing with pictures of a bighead carp weighing 109 pounds – a fish that was caught during the Invasive Carp Control Program near Morris, Ill.
That was after a 90-pound
Big tiger muskie caught for at least the third time in Wisconsin
Thanks to the practice of catch-and-release, the thrill of boating a big tiger muskie has been experienced by at least two visitors to Wisconsin’s Northwoods.
On June 10, longtime muskie angler Ken Williams, of
New York brothers headed for Bassmaster Jr. National Championship
Beckett Kraft and his brother, Sullivan, didn’t exactly get off to a slow start in the four-event N.Y. Bass Junior Division tournament trail.
They got off to no start at all. Unable to compete
New York Mixed Bag: Draft management plans released for two Jefferson County WMAs
A mix of outdoor-related news stories from across New York published in the June 30, 2023 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Bronzebacks dazzle Major League Fishing’s best at Cayuga Lake event in New York
New Jersey pro-angler Adrian Avena scored his first major win during Stage Five of the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour event held on Cayuga Lake June 6-11, earning a $100,000 paycheck.
Avena,
New York’s Manhattan Cup tournament supports military vets
Retired U.S. Army Colonel Jim Wartski took top prize at the 22nd Annual Manhattan Cup, held on June 9, with a 46.4-pound striped bass.
The Manhattan Cup is a charity catch-and-release tournament targeting striped
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, many other partners tracking Lake Ontario lake trout
Both the U.S. and Canada are looking at lake trout populations on Lake Ontario.
The research is part of the U.S.-Canada Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative field year on the lake. Tags provide information
