
Illinois’ fishing report on March 16, 2024
Crappie anglers finding hot bites up and down state. A look at the Illinois fishing report on March 16, 2024.

Crappie anglers finding hot bites up and down state. A look at the Illinois fishing report on March 16, 2024.

Should forward-facing sonar (live scoping) be banned in Wisconsin? How about wildlife shining?
Does the state need better wake boat regulations? Should monarch butterflies be recognized as the state butterfly?
Those are some

Humans and other warm-blooded creatures have internal systems to help them adjust to a wide range of temperatures.
Cold-blooded creatures, like fish, don’t have those systems but they do have “preferred” temperature ranges. When

Outdoor News columnist Joe Fellegy has a series of questions he addresses, including will the state’s Legislature, angling groups, and DNR leaders support a reduction in the state walleye limit from six to four, or

Finally some good things to report on the water, with the perch bite heating up on a number of fisheries across the state.

Crappie fishing on inland waters is off the charts right now with an early pre-spawn run of these paper mouths. The river walleye runs are in full swing, too.

Several outdoors groups are hosting a Public Lands Day rally at the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda on Friday, April 5 at 3 p.m.
Lukas Leaf, executive director of Sportsmen For the Boundary Waters, said

I may someday reach it if there is such a thing as the Zen of crappie fishing. Will I live long enough to grasp the described level of calm attentiveness? Or is it the enlightenment

March 1 marked the beginning of new panfish and game fish regulations on the St. Croix River in northwestern Wisconsin and the Fox-Illinois River in Waukesha County.
These new regulations change bag and length
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