Fishing
About eelpout: Attitudes and appetites have changed
Guide and eelpout expert Jason Rylander shares his wisdom of the more-often-appreciated fish.
Pro Tip of the Week: Tired of interference? Here’s what to do
This can be even more of an issue when you’re fishing in 25 to 35 feet of water because transducer cone angles widen in deeper water.
Try Pennsylvania’s Cross Creek Lake for big bluegills, crappies
Consider that Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission biologists surveyed Cross Creek four times between 2003 and 2015. In every case but one, bluegills were the most common species seen, sometimes far and away the most
What does the perfect setup look like for spring steelhead?
A fish may see a parade of presentations go by, therefore yours should be better than the rest. And, if you are not watching the line carefully, a strike can come and go unnoticed, which
Here’s how to pull big bluegills from Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji
For years, ice anglers from across the Midwest have headed to northwest Iowa’s West Lake Okoboji to sight fish the finicky bluegills for which it is famous.
Late ice toward the end of
Iowa DNR prepares for egg-collection netting season
The month of March is an important one for Iowa DNR personnel at the Spirit Lake Hatchery as they gear up for the yearly egg collection of northern pike, walleye, and muskellunge.
Green Bay/Peshtigo Area (Wis.) Fishing Report – February 27, 2023
Success was reported on whitefish using minnows on tip-ups on this fishery.
Randy Claramunt vows to turn challenges into opportunities as Michigan’s new fisheries chief
Beginning March 5, the Michigan DNR will have a new chief of the fisheries division.
Randy Claramunt, the DNR’s Lake Huron Basin coordinator, has been promoted to fisheries division chief. He replaces Jim Dexter,
Could the Ohio river walleye runs start early in 2023?
With this late winter’s mild temperatures, many anglers are wondering whether the annual river walleye runs in northwest Ohio will be early this year.
The answer is: It all depends on water temperatures and
