Fishing
Illinois Outdoor News Fishing & Hunting Report – Feb. 22, 2019
The fishing and hunting report is compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides and fishing guides. North Lake Michigan: The browns and cohos are starting to get active. Fish the warm-water discharges with jigs
New York Outdoor News Fishing & Hunting Report – Feb. 22, 2019
(We’re well into the ice fishing season now, but be aware of constantly changing conditions across the state. Heavy snowfall can make for sketchy, or at least sloppy ice conditions, and one quick warmup between
Wisconsin Outdoor News Fishing & Hunting Report – Feb. 22, 2019
AMERY AREA If you don’t have a plowed road, lake travel is pretty difficult as the snow continues to pile up and deep drifts continue to limit angler movement. People are getting on Balsam Lake,
Study: Opportunities abound with high school fishing clubs
Study shows opportunity to engage new audiences in high school fishing clubs; gives details on membership, economic impact.
Minnesota Outdoor News Fishing Report for Feb. 22, 2019
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Anglers aren’t catching big numbers of walleyes, but large fish remain somewhat active. The best reports continue to come off the mud flats or deep basin areas in
North Dakota Game and Fish citations: license-related violations most prevalent
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s enforcement division has tallied the number of hunting, angling and boating citations for 2018, and failure to carry a license was the number one violation. Game wardens issued
Ambitious new plan to save Atlantic salmon has big price tag
The plan would take decades to fully implement, and it focuses on strategies such as removals of dams, installations of fish passages and increasing the number of salmon that survive in the ocean. It states
St. Croix River sturgeon is largest documented fish ever caught in Minnesota
Darren Troseth caught a lake sturgeon measuring 78 inches (and 29.5 inches around) and weighing an estimated 120 pounds Feb. 9 while fishing on the St. Croix River near Bayport.
DNR: Mille Lacs open-water anglers to be allowed ‘some’ keeper walleyes
The DNR is considering allowing the walleye harvest during the cool-water periods in the spring and fall. But the exact number of keepers won’t be announced until mid-March.
