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Try fly-fishing for largemouths this summer: Here’s how to do it
If you are interested in fly-fishing, the largemouth bass is an excellent species with which to start. Matching the hatch for an aggressive demeanor is no big deal. Look at the mouth on the largemouth.

New York sporting bills quiet as 11th hour loomed
It appears that New York’s sporting community will see neither favorable or unfavorable legislation passed during this year’s legislative session, unless it took place at the eleventh hour.
At press time, with just

New York’s Erie Canal is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered
One minute.
That’s how long it takes for me to drive from my house to the Erie Canal. It has become a favorite fishing spot for my grandson, Parker Costello, of Lockport, N.Y.

Restoration of the rare northern sunfish progressing in New York
Restoration efforts are underway to help protect and expand northern sunfish, flying under the radar of other more prominent efforts to benefit classier species like Atlantic salmon and lake sturgeon.
However, the sunfish

Two Lac du Flambeau tribe members in Wisconsin cited for illegal walleye spearing
For the second time in as many spring harvest seasons, members of the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa tribe were cited for allegedly illegally spearing walleyes on lakes within the ceded territory, but outside of reservation

Lake sturgeon eggs from Minnesota’s Rainy River key to restoration success in Red River Basin
The Minnesota DNR, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Red Lake Nation, and White Earth Nation recently completed a lake sturgeon egg-take operation along the Rainy River in Minnesota. In previous years, lake sturgeon eggs

Mentor Lagoons in Ohio adds fuel docks in harbor
The fuel thirst that has plagued Mentor Lagoons boaters has been assuaged. Or soon will be, anyway.
The work on installing a pair of 3,000-gallon above-ground steel fuel tanks and respective fueling pumps was

Quality angling, on the fly: Catch-and-release trout fisheries have their place
I adhere to different degrees of catch and release in different angling contexts.
For myself, catch and release is always, universally, appropriate with native trout in ours and neighboring states. These, after all, are

Lake Mille Lacs Fishing Report – June 8, 2023 – video
Tapping into the classic June walleye bite. Bug hatches having an impact.