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Plenty of fish and angling company on the Missouri River in South Dakota
I think there are a few thousand anglers in South Dakota who have serious cases of cabin fever.
I got to a Missouri River boat ramp at Chamberlain around 7:15 a.m. on Monday, April

Minnesota’s Pro Tip of the Week: Trout fishing in high, dirty water
This past weekend we faced high water over the banks on a lot of streams due to runoff. The best way I’ve found to compete with this is using flashy baits such as small spinners

Wisconsin NRB Chairman Bill Smith attends open houses in Douglas, Washburn counties
Natural Resources Board (NRB) Chairman Bill Smith, a resident of Washburn County, attended open houses in Douglas and Washburn counties as part of the spring hearing process that brought about open houses for the first

Minnesota Legislature nears finish line on bills for outdoors
Dollars slashed for fish hatcheries, boat accesses; fees raised for fishing licenses, boat registrations; and a ban on wolf hunt?
The Minnesota House and Senate approved Legacy omnibus bills this past week. The bills
Illinois Mixed Bag: Youth turkey hunters take 1,309 birds
A mix of outdoor news stories from across Illinois published in the April 21, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

42-inch invasive grass carp helps family win Palos Park derby in Illinois
The Koch family apparently did its part to fight invasive carp, reportedly yanking a 42-pound grass carp out of a Cook County lake.
But there is some confusion as to whether or not the

Deep snow makes for challenging steelhead opener on Wisconsin’s Brule River
The Brule River looked seductive from the cabin porch as it slipped by in the early morning light. Better yet, her soft murmurs were unlike the enraged rants of years past when melting snow pushed

Eight voters show up for Wisconsin’s Crawford County open house
The Crawford County DNR and Conservation Congress spring open house meeting took place in Prairie du Chien April 3.
The light turnout of meeting goers that night – just eight people – elected Steve Rickleff,

Wisconsin’s Dam Lake in Oneida County known as walleye, muskie water
The local DNR fisheries team out of the Woodruff office surveyed Dam Lake in Oneida County in the spring of 2021 and 2022.