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Metro Area Fishing Report – May 7, 2023 – video
Water temps are finally warming – and staying that way. Crappies are moving up and the bite continues to get better. And a look at the Minnesota Fishing Opener.

Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – May 12, 2023 – video
Good reports of bass fishing across the state. And still some good walleye fishing taking place on a lot of the river systems in the state – especially here.

Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – May 12, 2023 – video
Water temperatures have finally warmed up enough to trigger the crappie spawn on Ohio’s inland lakes and saugeyes are also starting to hit anglers’ lures.

Lake Superior anglers asked to help Michigan DNR management by reporting marked splake
Anglers fishing Lake Superior can help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources evaluate the splake fishery by reporting marked splake. Splake, which are a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout, have been stocked

High school bass fishing finals enter the spotlight in Illinois
Suddenly, 150 or so young bass fishermen up and down Illinois are glued to their cellphones – but it’s not Tik-Tok or YouTube they are scrolling through.
It’s the Weather Channel.
Seventy-five teams

Ohio’s Women Sharing the Outdoors celebrates with event
Women Sharing the Outdoors (WSO), a committee of the Mt. Healthy Izaak Walton League of America chapter, partnered with the Ohio DNR (ODNR) to teach women in a friendly, non-competitive setting, about their kind of

Fish above the fray: This time of year, best action is over weeds
On an outing last spring, my brother and I had a blast fishing transitional weeds at Pymatuning Reservoir.

Tournament anglers who cheated in Lake Erie walleye championship sentenced to jail time
Two tournament fishermen who pleaded guilty to felony cheating charges after they were disqualified from the Lake Erie Walleye Trail (LEWT) Championship in September of 2022 are headed to jail.
Cuyahoga County Community

Detroit River walleye run is meeting high expectations
The Detroit River walleye fishery is on fire this spring.
The river, crowded with anglers as usual – especially during the recent run of summer-like temperatures – has been producing lots of limits of