Fishing
Ohio Insider: Following up on a family’s special muskie story from 2025
I wanted to add a few words about one of my favorite stories that I worked on in 2025.
The story involved John and Dan Welch, a father-and-son fishing team who were on a
Susquehanna River boaters will be redirected for air show
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is alerting boaters that access to a portion of the Susquehanna River will be restricted from May 21-25, during the Air Dot Show Tour at the Harrisburg International Airport.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection redesignates 98 streams high quality
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently announced final approval of a statewide effort to redesignate more than 530 miles of streams across 34 counties as High Quality Waters – expanding protections for 98 streams
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: New crappie regs for Hammond Lake
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting here, voted to add Hammond Lake, Tioga County, to the Panfish Enhancement Program for crappies. Hammond Lake is a 640-acre lake owned by the U.S.
Bevy of outdoors-related bills advancing in congressional committees in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania House and Senate Game and Fisheries committees met separately May 6 and took action on a wide range of legislation.
The lawmakers voted to send four bills on to the full House
How to catch ice-out lake trout in north country
Ice-out is over in Minnesota but still underway in northwestern Ontario, and for many anglers, that means it is time to catch lake trout. These deep-water denizens will start to move a bit shallower as
Here are your post-opener essentials for Minnesota’s stream trout
Among my many and various flaws, I will count among the worst my acute impatience with the “shoulder” seasons of the year. Fall, when the boats are put away and the ice is still too
Minnesota Legacy bill finds new life as session deadline looms
Minnesota legislators reached an agreement Friday on a $191 million Legacy funding bill that many State Capitol operatives just 24 hours earlier thought was dead for 2026.
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) appropriations
Michigan United Conservation Clubs will call it quits this summer
Michigan United Conservation Clubs, the largest statewide conservation organization in the nation, will dissolve this summer after nearly 90 years advocating for hunters, anglers, and trappers.
“Despite the deep commitment of its members, partners,
