Opinions
Outdoor Observations: Closure coming to bass fishing during the spawn on some northern Michigan waters?
Michigan Natural Resources Commissioner John Walters introduced an amendment at the commission’s Oct. 9 meeting in Houghton to close the catch-and-immediate-release bass fishing season during the spawning timeframe on several northern Michigan lakes.
Ohio Insider: State trawl results the latest in good news for Lake Erie walleye anglers
The good news about Lake Erie’s walleye hatches just keeps on coming.
Each year since 1988, Ohio and Ontario have completed trawl surveys in their respective waters of the Western Basin and combined results
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Lake Vesuvius in Southeast has trouble at lake’s dam
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 24, 2025 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: ‘Drill baby drill’ supporter
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 24, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Is a change coming to Pennsylvania’s minimum size for keeping trout?
Have you ever wondered, like I have, where the state’s 7-inch minimum size for keeping trout came from. Seems too small, right? Well, at the Fish & Boat Commission’s Fisheries Committee meeting Sept. 30, staff
Tom Venesky: Deer tags for tots in Pennsylvania is a bad idea
From the day my son was born, I couldn’t wait for the day when I could take him hunting with me.
But it didn’t happen right away. From the time he could walk I
Commentary: Report breaks down billion-dollar impact of outdoor recreation in Minnesota
Outdoor recreation is a huge economic driver in Minnesota, contributing $13.5 billion in gross domestic product, $23.5 billion in economic output, and supporting more than 96,000 jobs.
That’s the top-line take-away from a new
Glenn Sapir: Mentors needed to bring more minorities into the outdoors
This is the most colorful time to be outdoors. When you look up, you revel in the red, yellow, orange and purple that light up the trees.
On the ground, however, at least in my
Streams of Thought: A few tweaks suggested for Minnesota’s pheasant, waterfowl seasons
Pheasant numbers were high, the air was cool, a light breeze blew on clear skies, the grassy cover was moist with dew, and nearly all corn had been harvested from fields across southern Minnesota.
