New York Cuffs & Collars: Illegal chumming for steelhead on the Salmon River
Staff Report
February 21, 2023
Field reports from New York DEC officers.
Fishing
New York Calendar of Events
Staff Report
February 21, 2023
Upcoming outdoor-related events from around New York.
Neversink Reservoir serves New York City, anglers alike
Steve Piatt
February 21, 2023
The reservoir and the surrounding 6,580-acre Neversink Unique Area pull additional duty as a superb recreational spot, drawing anglers and hunters to the lands and water about 90 minutes from NYC on a good traffic
Black Bass catch-and-release regulations on upper boundary of Iowa’s Middle Raccoon River moved upstream
DNR Report
February 21, 2023
The Lenon Mills Dam has served as the upper boundary to the Black Bass, both smallmouth and largemouth bass, catch and release regulation in the Middle Raccoon River since it was established more than 35
Wisconsin State Roundup: Time to return to in-person spring fish and game hearings
Dean Bortz
February 21, 2023
We still don’t know who within the DNR made the decision to again require the spring hearings to run virtual only, but there is absolutely no need for that to be the case in 2023.
Wisconsin Outdoor News Letters to the Editor:
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
February 21, 2023
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: New Lake Michigan lake trout stakeholder group has four meetings on tap
Staff Report
February 21, 2023
The DNR will rely on this new group for input on recommendations and final decisions on pursuing a statement of scope for commercial harvest of lake trout.
Evers wants smoother approval of Wisconsin’s stewardship projects
Todd Richmond
February 21, 2023
Madison — Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it harder for Wisconsin’s Republicancontrolled Legislature to stop conservationists and the state from buying land, proposing recently to increase the thresholds for stopping stewardship projects.
Wisconsin Stewardship changes, trout stamp increase eyed in Gov. Evers’ budget
Tim Eisele
February 21, 2023
Evers also recommended using $50,000 in fiscal year 2024 to provide funding for the DNR to develop a program to promote the voluntary use of non-lead fishing tackle and ammunition.
