Fishing
Michigan commission votes to protect whitefish and lake sturgeon; Pike, bass, and muskie regs also approved
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission at a recent monthly meeting passed several fisheries orders that range from additional protection for whitefish and lake sturgeon to more liberal size limits on bass and pike on a
Michigan Mixed Bag: Fall turkey licenses still available
While you’re out hunting deer or small game, don’t miss the chance to bag a bird for Thanksgiving. Remaining fall turkey licenses are now available for everyone. Better hurry though, the fall season ends Nov.
Fish-skin-on-fillets rule unpopular with Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie anglers
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission may soon change regulations for how anglers process walleyes, perch, steelhead, bass and other catches at Lake Erie fish-cleaning stations.
At its recent fall meeting, the agency’s board
Chesapeake Bay striped bass survey shows little change in poor spawning success
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay.
The 2024 young-of-year index is
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners make fishing regulation changes to Tamarack Lake
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners at their recent quarterly meeting voted to approve changes in fishing regulations at Tamarack Lake.
Bass, walleye catch rates improve but perch rate remains flat in Michigan’s Bays de Noc
Anglers are catching more smallmouth bass and walleyes while the perch harvest has remained flat in the Bays de Noc in recent years, trends influenced in part by invasive mussels and round gobies.
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Tuesday Evening Classic Tournament may be longest running in Ohio
For the last four decades, the Tuesday Evening Classic Tournament (TECT) has taken place on Alum Creek Reservoir 19 to 20 times a season. Starting on April’s last Tuesday and running to September’s first Tuesday
Fall is the perfect time for catching bass with crankbaits
Climbing inside the “Way, Way Back Machine,” I remember a fall morning when my friend’s 25 horses wouldn’t turn over. He just couldn’t get them to crank.
No problem, I insisted, my engine
Minnesotan Easton Fothergill earns spot on Bassmaster ‘Elite’ roster
A little over a year ago, Easton Fothergill sat in a hospital room in Birmingham, Ala., with an infected mass on his brain, wondering if he would ever be able to bass fish again. Now,
