
Illinois Outdoor News fishing report — Jan. 20, 2023
Winter a roller coaster of conditions for anglers.

Winter a roller coaster of conditions for anglers.

Pike, panfish providing action, but walleyes doing OK.

Anglers, tournament organizers holding out for ice.

If you’re able to drive your truck onto good lake ice, consider yourself lucky. There aren’t a lot of opportunities for ice anglers to do so during a winter that’s so far been messed up,

Although walleyes, pike, and panfish are the species targeted by most Minnesota ice anglers, stream trout on inland lakes could be targeted starting Jan. 14.

And anglers fishing on Minnesota waters should know that the release program, which now has only four species, will increase significantly – six species per year from 2024 to 2026.

The fishing report from all across Minnesota.

Of all the invasive species that have wrought their own form of degradation to the environment of the Great Lakes, none have been as widespread or so devastating as the mussel cousins – zebra and

The cisco typically is found in relatively deep cold well oxygenated lakes with good deeper water summer habitat (Hypolimnion). Lakes that can support trout and whitefish are usually classified as oligotrophic, which have relatively low
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