
Metro Area Fishing Report – January 18, 2026 – video
An update on conditions and what we’re seeing on the ice.

An update on conditions and what we’re seeing on the ice.

Every once in a while I love a surprise.
Like when a friend gave me a packet of lottery tickets for my birthday and one of Pennsylvania’s pantsless groundhogs came through for a couple

The popular western tributaries of Lake Erie were fishing very well at mid-week as favorable conditions returned.

The 2026 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season will open Saturday, Feb. 14, and will run for 16 days, or until harvest caps are met.

Steve Sarley, a Wheaton resident who has written a column for Illinois Outdoor News since it launched in 2008, has been honored by the Illinois Conservation Foundation as “Outdoor Writer of the Year.”
The

Mid-winter bites depend on ice, temps, brush cover. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report across the state on Jan. 16, 2026.

A look at the Iowa fishing report on Jan. 16, 2026.

A motivated legion of 75 outdoorsmen and women clad in camouflage and blaze orange moved methodically through the hallways of the State Capitol on Jan. 7 in Madison to meet with state legislators to voice

Lakes continue to build ice as fishing action keeps rolling. A look at the Wisconsin fishing report across the state on Jan. 16, 2026.
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