Metro Area Fishing Report – October 26, 2025 – video
Matt Johnson
October 26, 2025
October is winding down and water temps continue to drop. Keep adapting and being versatile and you’ll find success.
Fishing
Steve Griffin: Plenty of warnings exist in the outdoors; is it real risk or an emotional response?
Steve Griffin
October 26, 2025
I remember, hunkered down next to the basement laundry tub, cleaning game with my dad after a Saturday morning hunt: a couple of woodcock, a grouse, a cottontail rabbit.
Dad showed me how to
New York DEC’s K9 Unit back to full strength as three K9s, handlers complete training course
Tim Huss
October 26, 2025
In October, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement continued its commitment to the K9 program, as three new K9s and their new ECO handlers completed an intensive 12-week training
Northern Wisconsin Fishing Report – October 25, 2025 – video
Site Staff
October 25, 2025
Water temps in the low-50s, and shallower lakes have turned over. With the cold weather of late, they could all be turned over shortly in this area. Here’s what it all means for the bite.
Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
October 24, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Nebraska angler lands Iowa record blue catfish
Staff Report
October 24, 2025
The Iowa DNR confirmed a new state record blue catfish was caught this month. The fish, which weighed 105 pounds and was 60 inches long, was reeled in by Nebraska resident George Thompson, who was
Illinois Mixed Bag: State, federal sites hosting youth waterfowlers
Staff and News Reports
October 24, 2025
Numerous Illinois state parks, state fish and wildlife areas, and other public lands will be open to youth waterfowl hunting during the 2025 youth waterfowl hunts.
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Fish, fishermen stand to lose if sonar takes hold on our lakes
Illinois Letters To The Editor
October 24, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Oct. 24, 2025
Staff Report
October 24, 2025
Crappie stick to fall patterns, catfish taking surprise bites. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Oct. 24, 2025.
