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Winterizing your boat means more than just focusing on mechanical parts
A spring “shakedown cruise,” is normal practice for many boaters. This is when they go to the lake specifically to check to make sure everything is working as it should be after a winter of

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Two significant problems exist with state’s new wakeboat bill, and plenty of deer thoughts
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 15, 2023, print edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

University of Wisconsin students, staff work worthy cause with Green Bay wild rice restoration project
A story about the Green Bay wild rice restoration project serves as one more reminder of just how fortunate we are here in Wisconsin to have so many volunteers who invest their time, talent, and

Ben Moyer: Selfless steelhead angler an example all can learn from
Hopefully, the young man described below is an Outdoor News reader and will recognize himself here. I didn’t ask him, as the moment was his. There was no call to identify myself in that way,

Streams of Thought: Some confusion regarding Minnesota’s new “storing garbage and other waste on ice” law
Sarcasm aside, there’s also a new law that’s now grabbing the attention of Minnesota ice anglers. You may or may not have read about state statute 97C.363 in the Dec. 1, 2023, edition of Outdoor

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Wolves ruining long-standing northwoods family tradition
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 8, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Time to stop spread of grass carp is now in Ohio’s Sandusky River
A new federal/state fisheries plan is afoot to further combat the threat of grass carp in the Sandusky River watershed of northwest Ohio and it aims to inhibit the spawning of these destructive, vegetation-devouring behemoths,

Has catch and release gone too far? There’s nothing wrong with catching and eating fish
Not long ago, a buddy of mine showed me a picture on his phone a buddy of his had sent. It was a massive brown trout – at least six pounds by my eye –

Notes off a soiled cuff: High-profile opponents coming out against reintroduction of pine marten in Pennsylvania
Interesting how the controversy over the Game Commission’s proposed reintroduction of the pine marten is playing out. High-profile opponents to the plan are coming forward, and we predict more will follow. Look for the National