South Dakota Fishing Report – March 17, 2026 – video
Site Staff
March 17, 2026
Plenty of anglers will be hitting the water in the next week. So what can they expect?
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Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Site Staff
March 17, 2026
Lake trout, brown trout, and walleye reportedly were all available here on shiners fished off 3-way rigs using a 1-ounce pencil lead.
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Site Staff
March 17, 2026
Drifting opportunities are real good up and down the river course and some good steelhead have been hooked up by anglers plying the higher water.
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Site Staff
March 17, 2026
Ice anglers continue picking away at nice fish across the south shore.
Trout stocking in northeast Iowa streams starts March 30
DNR Report
March 17, 2026
Iowa’s popular trout stream stocking season starts on March 30. Find a list of stocked trout streams on the printed DNR trout stream map or visit the DNR trout fishing webpage for more information on
Channel catfish are biting across Iowa right after ice out
DNR Report
March 17, 2026
Channel catfish move close to shore and are eager to bite in many lakes and large reservoirs across Iowa just after the ice is gone. The bite starts sooner in southern Iowa impoundments since they
7-pounder a reminder that Jasper County’s Newton Lake is a top bass water in Illinois
Ralph Loos
March 17, 2026
The 7-pound, 8-ounce largemouth bass caught by Mya Russell in March 2025 contradicts biologists’ recent summaries of Newton Lake’s population of the species.
Then again, 7-pound bass tend to contradict summaries of all sorts.
Missouri paddlefish snagging season opens
Staff Report
March 17, 2026
The Missouri paddlefish snagging season opened March 15 on several waters in the state, including Lake of the Ozarks, Harry S. Truman Reservoir, and Table Rock Lake. The season runs until April 30, except on
Building Bears stadium in Indiana likely to have impact on Wolf Lake
Maya Williams / The Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune
March 17, 2026
Fishermen, wildlife watchers, nature lovers and nearby residents are concerned about the impact of the potential new Chicago Bears stadium in Hammond, Indiana has on Wolf Lake and what it means for the future of
