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- Minnesota fishing opener was grade A for the weather; fishing, too, in many casesUnless you’re convinced that to properly catch walleyes in Minnesota, clouds must fill the sky – perhaps offering a light spitting of rain – and waves mus...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on May 13, 2025Shallow water and minnows have been key for early season walleyes. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on May 13, 2025. The post Minnesota’s state...
- Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump’s push to deregulateVirginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine’s chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state’s lifeblood industry mount. Trade imb...
- Muskies, saugeyes keep steady in Lake Carlton in Illinois’ Whiteside CountyThe catch rate for muskies during DNR’s 2024 netting survey of Lake Carlton was down compared to previous years, as was the average size of the fish – 35 in...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the May 16, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar ap...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Wild mallard ducklings are not for saleIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois CPOs. These reports are from the May 16, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois Cuffs & Col...
- Sonar helps track down giant invasive carp as fisherman breaks his own Oklahoma recordIn 2023, Baker set the Oklahoma state record for a bighead carp catch. That one also weighed 118 pounds, just 10 ounces lighter than the carp he snagged on Apri...
- Push to map Great Lakes bottom moves with legislationTwo congressional representatives from Michigan – Republican Lisa McClain and Democrat Debbie Dingell – have re-introduced the Great Lakes Mapping Act. The ...
- Illinois state parks draw highest number of visitors in over a decadeIllinois state parks saw more visitors in 2024 than any point in the past 15 years, according to new data from DNR. Illinois’ 290 state parks and 56 historic ...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Large river fisheries ecologist to speak in AltonThe National Great Rivers Research and Education Center will feature Andrya Whitten Harris, large river fisheries ecologist for the Illinois Natural History Sur...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Lots of ways to thin deer herdReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 16, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Lots of ways to...
- Ralph Loos: Examining some results from Chicago River bass studyEven readers in deep southern Illinois are keeping a close eye on a largemouth bass tracking project taking place in waters most from the south will never drop ...
- Oakland Lake features opportunities for shoreline bucketmouths in Queens, New York CityOakland Lake wouldn’t be called a destination fishing spot by any stretch. But if you live in the New York City metropolitan area, it’s a legitimate angling...
- New York’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the May 16, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post New York’s Outdoor Calendar a...