
Metro Area Fishing Report – September 3, 2023 – video
Summer patterns continue and a couple presentations make it simple to catch fish.

Summer patterns continue and a couple presentations make it simple to catch fish.

Due to the unprecedented spike in the birthrate after World War II, the next decade or so after the war was called the “baby boom.”
It could be that the boating industry someday will

Are you ready for your first steelhead trip of the season? It is easy to forget important gear. Just as bad is arriving to find waders that leak or boots coming undone.
You may

Call it the irony of Saginaw Bay fishing: Happy walleye anglers, this year posting what may be their best season ever, are catching only a small percentage of the Bay’s super-abundant walleyes.
Only a

West has been best for walleye catches for some time now.

Starting to transition to some pretty typical fall fishing patterns. What that means for where you might find different species.

Every action has a reaction. As reported previously in Outdoor News, the 2022 cisco year-class in Lake Superior was one for the ages. Biologists are now saying it may double the previous record set in

Continued science-based management practices and habitat work have kept lake sturgeon populations strong across Wisconsin, making it possible for anglers to participate in another inland hook and line season. The 2023 season will only be

Catfish bite continues to be consistent in big lakes. A look at the fishing report from across Illinois for Sept. 1, 2023.
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