The great angling bite of fall
Tim Lesmeister
October 6, 2020
Timing is everything, so get out early … or late, depending on which species you’re pursuing in the autumn.
Fishing
DNR to update Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan
Wisconsin DNR Reports
September 29, 2020
The updating process will include a review of the existing plan, an analysis of available data and trends and significant public input on angling and management preferences.
Gearing up for fall walleye fishing on Chautauqua Lake
Bill Hilts
September 22, 2020
The combination of successful stocking and natural reproduction has significantly improved the fishery.
Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan trout, salmon anglers still catching fish on the Big Pond
Dan Durbin
September 14, 2020
Lake Michigan harbor and pier fishermen poised to begin catching near-shore trout and salmon.
Everyone loves them some all-American smallmouth bass
Tim Lesmeister
September 11, 2020
The best thing about smallmouth bass? Everything works: crankbaits, jigging spoons, plastic worms, twister tails, spinnerbaits, even slip-bobbers and hair jigs.
Fishermen hook homemade pipe bombs in Sacramento River
Associated Press
September 10, 2020
One of the anglers says, “I think that they are probably trying to blow up salmon and knocking them out and trying to take them.”
Bluegill improvement central to proposed special fishing regs
Minnesota DNR Reports
September 9, 2020
Hoping to invite conversation and reach a broad audience, the DNR will hold the first of five virtual town halls focusing on the bluegill initiative on Monday, Oct. 5.
Fish Odyssey spans from 9/11 to pandemic
Bill Hilts
September 8, 2020
Sometimes there is a silver lining in those storm clouds. Keep an open mind. It helps to spend as much time outdoors as possible, maintain a positive attitude and let Mother Nature work her magic.
New brown trout record in Pennsylvania
Site Staff
September 3, 2020
It was officially recorded at 20 pounds, 9 ounces, exceeding the previous record set in 2000, also by an angler from Erie, by 11 ounces. Ferraro’s fish measured 33.75 inches in length with a girth
