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Upcoming habitat improvement project set on popular Wisconsin trout stream
Project on the South Branch of the Oconto River is expected to reconnect over nine miles of Class 1 trout stream.

Size of bass in Lake Michigan’s harbors remains consistent
Anglers who target bass in Lake Michigan’s harbors won’t be blown over by results of DNR’s most recent survey of Calumet, North Point and Waukegan. But they shouldn’t be disappointed, either.

Previewing the nation’s biggest bass fishing tournaments in 2023
Open-water fishing for many anglers remains on the distant horizon, a dream tempered by frozen lakes, piles of snow, and bone-chilling cold. Some anglers, though, are leaving winter behind and heading south to chase bass

New winter chore: spin-proofing crankbaits for catching coho salmon
Coho salmon on the West Coast and Great Lakes are notorious for spinning the last 15 to 20 feet before they hit the landing net, so Schoonveld is spending some of his winter hours putting

Tips on being deadly with deadsticks
Unattended lines are called deadsticks when ice fishing. They can be tip-ups, tip-downs, Slammers, bobbers, or just a rod in a holder. Either way, deadsticks increase your odds and your ability to catch fish.

Ohio has options for trout: Here’s how to find them
Ohio has but a few rivers with trout, but they are good ones.
River trout provide some of the memories that smallmouth bass do. I have to go to a beautiful surrounding to find

Dates to remove permanent ice shanties are nearing for Wisconsin anglers
Portable ice shanties still allowed after deadlines.

Spearer’s 177.3-pound sturgeon 7th heaviest in Wisconsin history
James Gishkowsky speared Wisconsin’s seventh heaviest lake sturgeon on Feb. 14 when he brought a 177.3-pound female sturgeon through the ice on Lake Winnebago.

North Dakota Fishing Report – February 17, 2023 – video
We are halfway through February and the fishing remains good. Lots of ice and access is slowly improving.