In December, 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the implementation of the Brook Trout Reserves program, a new initiative to protect Wisconsin’s native brook trout populations from changing environmental conditions. Cold water streams provide important habitat for … Continued
Black bass are New York’s most popular freshwater sportfish. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass can be found throughout the state, thriving in waters of all sizes, and are among the most exciting fish to catch. In 2023, six lakes in … Continued
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s binational Lake Erie Committee (LEC), composed of fishery managers from Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania recently set total allowable catches (TACs) for 2024 of 12.858 million walleye and 6.554 million pounds of yellow … Continued
The Indiana state record for burbot has been broken for the third time in the last 13 months, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Anthony Burke of Cedar Lake was fishing for perch in Lake Michigan on … Continued
Results from Lake Erie trawl surveys revealed that walleye hatches were exceptional and yellow perch hatches were below average in 2023, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Walleye fishing in Lake Erie is expected … Continued