Boaters on Lake of the Woods may have noticed something unusual bobbing on the water this summer: orange buoys marking the ends of 300-foot gillnets, four to a site, part of a Minnesota DNR effort
Talk about lucky.
That was the Michigan DNR assessment after two lake sturgeon stranded by drought conditions in Baraga County were discovered in an isolated stretch of shallow water and rescued by fisheries staff.
The first bear hunting period of 2026 kicked off Sept. 9 – and several other hunts will follow throughout September, putting thousands of bear hunters in the woods and fields.
Remaining green weeds are key to panfish and bass success. Here’s the Minnesota fishing and hunting report across the state on Sept. 9, 2026.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife will release a yet-to-be-determined number of young lake sturgeon into the Scioto River this fall as part of an ongoing plan to reintroduce the historic fish into the state’s major
Top tactics for walleyes right now? Covering water or scoping. Here’s the Minnesota fishing report on Sept. 2, 2026.
Twenty-one young lake sturgeon released into the Illinois River at Starved Rock are now part of a long-term effort to learn more about the endangered fish and eventually rebuild self-sustaining populations in Illinois.
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Dipping water temperatures have triggered some action. Here’s the Wisconsin fishing report from across the state on Aug. 28, 2026.
The past three years, I’ve fallen in love with lake sturgeon. Those 50-plus-inch fish will give you a workout like no other freshwater fish. I target them in the fall/winter, when water temps are falling
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