Minnows and small game fish have been found dead in half-mile span in the creek, officials said.
Nearly 60 fish types found in Chicago waters, up from about 10, an increase attributed to a decline in pollution, according to a sampling study.
New research reveals varying odds of Asian carp disrupting the ecology of the Great Lakes.
Quillback carp sucker and bigmouth buffalo are two fish for the Michigan record books.
Investigators from the Division of Wildlife observed employees of Curtice, Ohio-based Szuch Fishery Inc. allegedly injure a “trophy-sized” muskellunge – like this one – that had been caught in their commercial fishing net in western Lake Erie. (Ohio DNR)The Ohio DNR has charged a prominent Lake Erie commercial fishing operation with more than 20 wildlife violations. For the complete story,…
Walleye along with yellow perch, suckers and smallmouth bass could again swim the winding Boardman River beyond downtown Traverse City to forage for food or spawn in submerged vegetation, as they did more than a century ago.Walleye, yellow perch, suckers and smallmouth bass could again swim the winding Boardman River beyond downtown Traverse City to forage for food or spawn…
Minnesota DNR cites COVID-19 social distancing protocols in canceling 2020 egg-take operations for walleyes, other species. Categories: Fishing, Minnesota Videos, News, Walleye, Walleye Videos Tags: Fish, Fish stocking, Fishing, Minnesota DNR
DNR: Missed year of stocking will have minimal long-term impact on angling, fish populations.
An angler told the agency a silver carp jumped into his boat as he deployed a trolling motor.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources found dead fish along 62 miles of Glenns Creek and the Kentucky River.VERSAILLES, Ky. — Jim Beam was fined $600,000 earlier this month after a July warehouse fire sent a nearly 23-mile plume of alcohol into the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, killing fish. The distiller agreed to the fine in a Dec….
Copper mining waste rock known as stamp sands have built up in an Upper Peninsula waterway and threaten an important whitefish, lake trout spawning area.
Because Great Lakes perch is so hard to come by, some businesses are turning to European perch, or Zander, he said, which comes from Poland and other areas in Europe with bodies of fresh water. The fish comes to the U.S. frozen and is not as tasty as yellow perch.
Radiocarbon dating verified that the female bigmouth buffalo fish taken from Crystal Lake near Pelican Rapids in Otter Tail County last summer was 112.
Boy says fish bite him while he was water-skiing in Fox Lake.
Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently finished stocking more than 140 lakes across the state with walleye fingerlings, completing one of the largest stocking efforts in the history of the agency.
Some of the invasive fish reportedly from 20 to 30 pounds.
Fish caught, tagged, and released is likely one of 320 juvenile sturgeon stocked in 1999 as part of DEC’s Lake Sturgeon Recovery Program.
The invasive was verified in the James River near LaMoure.
Muskie measuring 61-1/2 inches boated and released by Mille Lacs Band DNR biologists.
But a follow-up search turned up none of the invasive fish.
In recent decades, Mille Lacs’ water clarity has increased, most likely due to septic system improvements around the lake and the invasion of zebra mussels, which are filter feeders that strain out microscopic algae.
For voting results regarding 2019 Wisconsin DNR fish and game proposed rule changes, click here. Total participants were 10,712, including 7,310 who participated online – an option that was offered for the first time in the 2019 annual spring fish and wildlife hearings, held across the state April 8. For related stories, see the May 3 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor…
The fish are preparing to spawn on their own in the wild for the first time since the population was eliminated in Tennessee in the late 1970s.
(Minnesota DNR file photo)As ice comes off of southern Minnesota lakes, evidence of this year’s harsh winter is washing up along the shorelines. While dead and dying fish washing ashore can be discouraging to see, it’s the result of a natural process called “winterkill,” according to biologists with the Minnesota DNR. “Shallow lakes like we have in southern Minnesota are…
In 2017, two silver carp were captured in the same location.
At last week’s meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, commission acted to reduce daily possession limit of lake trout in these waters from two fish to one. Change was necessary because 2018 recreational harvest limit for lake trout in Grand Traverse Bay was exceeded.
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