Tips & Features
Steve Piatt: Suffering through a fishing slump? Just keep fishing
It’s not unusual – disappointing, yes – when a long-awaited trip simply doesn’t produce the kind of fishing you had hoped. It happens, more often than we admit, but you typically accept it with a
Wisconsin hunter achieves dream of taking Montana tom cougar
Addie Schroeder will be the first to admit she’s one lucky girl in all sorts of ways. While the variety of local Wisconsin outdoor adventures she’s experienced are some of them, tagging a Montana mountain
Patrick Durkin: Salmon strike twice during Sitka fishing trip
Cool, crisp air creeping across the boat’s stern near Sitka, Alaska, raised goose bumps on my forearms. I shivered and considered retrieving a hooded rain-jacket from the cabin. Instead, I rolled down my sleeves.
Three-way swivel rigs for walleye and sauger – video
Tips on using three-way swivel rigs for catching walleyes and sauger.
So, you want to try shark fishing in New York? Here’s what to know
Most people would be surprised, and perhaps a little dismayed, to learn how many sharks swim close to the shores of Long Island.
Four hundred-pound thresher sharks cruise in 40 feet of water. Schools
How modern smartwatches can help your hunting, fishing, and outdoors lifestyle
Smartwatches accelerated in popularity around 2015 when Apple stepped into the ring, so it was only a matter of time before companies began integrating hunting and fishing friendly features and apps to support your outdoor
How whitetail bucks pull off one of the great regeneration tricks in nature
Around 20 million years ago, the first members of the cervidae family hit the scene.
These early ancestors were a far cry from the modern whitetails they’d eventually become, but one thing they did
Too many bass anglers employ crankbaits as a last resort
I fish every day, mostly for walleyes because of demands from my clients.
But during a trip or two each week, I get the request for bass – largemouth or smallmouth.
The conversation
Ask a fisheries biologist: Odd underwater findings
This week, DNR Fish Biologist Max Wolter discusses the strange things the fish crew finds in lakes and rivers.
A reader asked about strange finds we have made on lakes and rivers. We spend
