Modify your kayak strategies for open-water fishing in 2018
Tim Lesmeister
April 18, 2018
Modern kayaks and canoes have opened up a whole new world of smaller waters for savvy anglers in urban and rural areas alike.
Fishing
Two Illinois anglers named to 2018 Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team
Site Staff
April 17, 2018
Tyler Lubbat of Wheeling and Alec Berens of Channahon honored, with Lubbat the first-ever repeat selection.
Test the water – for free – before deciding if you want to continue fishing Ohio waters
Mike Moore
April 17, 2018
Ohio’s free fishing weekend is May 5-6. Try out the sport before buying a license.
Northern pike added to state’s catch-and-release records program
Minnesota DNR Reports
April 17, 2018
Program previously included only lake sturgeon, muskellunge and flathead catfish in the catch-and-release category.
In wake of plastics spill, trout anglers hit Pocono shorelines
Associated Press
April 17, 2018
STROUDSBURG, Pa. — After what seemed like a never-ending winter, the area’s fishermen and women were finally able to take to local waterways on Saturday for the start of the statewide trout season. While people
Governor’s Fishing Opener: Countdown continues amid another heavy dose of winter
Site Staff
April 16, 2018
With 26 days until the opener, there’s reportedly 25 inches of ice on the host lake. And Green Lake is far from the only Minnesota waterway that’s on pace for record-late ice-out.
No change in Lake Erie yellow perch, walleye creel limits
Staff and News Reports
April 16, 2018
In Pennsylvania, perch will remain at 30 per day and walleye will stay at six daily.
Indiana turns to Michigan for brown trout restocking effort
Associated Press
April 13, 2018
Indiana officials say that cooperative arrangement helped save the Hoosier state’s annual brown trout restocking in and along the state’s Lake Michigan shoreline.
Lake Michigan salmon fishing is looking up for a change
Cory Yarmuth
April 13, 2018
Right now, it is not uncommon to get two- and three-man limits in less than two hours while trolling or even casting.
