(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)Lake Superior’s cisco numbers have been steadily falling over the past decade. Last year’s commercial catch was just half the haul from 2006. As climate change makes Lake Superior’s winter ice cover — which helps cisco eggs hatch by protecting them from the elements — less reliable, researchers say Minnesota’s deep-rooted North Shore cisco fishery faces an uncertain future. For the…
A channel catfish like this one is getting a lot of attention in South Dakota.RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two South Dakota men have bagged what the Bowfishing Association of America is calling a new world-record channel catfish. The Rapid City Journal reports 19-year-old Cody Sechser and 18-year-old Isaac Kipp of Montrose were bowfishing on Skunk Creek 10 miles north of…
The Michigan DNR confirmed a new state record black buffalo on June 12. The fish, a member of the sucker family, was taken by Brandonn Kramer of Muskegon, Mich., at 11:30 p.m. on Friday, May 25 on the Grand River in Ottawa County. Assistance was provided by Kramer’s friend and fishing cohort, Shawn Grawbarger, also of Muskegon. The fish weighed…
A day of bowfishing and bowfishing education is scheduled for May 19 at the Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife Area boat access. The all-day Illinois’ Bowfishing Festival and Conservation Shoot will feature bowfishing instruction and ranges, fishing instruction for kids with supervised rod-reel fishing opportunities, fish cleaning and cooking demonstrations and activities for children. Experts will be on hand and displays…
Tournament is expected to remove more than 100,000 pounds of Asian Carp from the waterways.
BISMARCK, N.D. — April 1 was the renewal date for annual fishing licenses in North Dakota. It’s also the date that new regulations went into effect, according to the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department. That’s good news for bow fishers. Among the bigger regulation changes this year are that the bow season for nongame fish is now open year-round. Another is…
New marks set for triploid crappie, bowfishing.
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