Northern pike
Could low water levels impact fish spawning runs in Minnesota this spring?
Brian Mozey
March 28, 2024
Springtime and rising (eventually) temperatures signal the onset of spawning seasons for various fish species, a crucial period for most anglers. The mild winter and last summer’s drought have resulted in lower-than-usual water levels this
Young Ohio angler catches, releases 45-inch northern pike that may have been state record
Jeff Frischkorn
March 25, 2024
Sometimes dreams and wishes really do come true, and if you don’t believe that, just ask 13-year-old Sam Spataro of Lake County’s Mentor-on-the-Lake in Ohio.
On March 8 while fishing his favorite spot located
Nope, not Easter eggs… it’s northern pike egg-take season in Minnesota
Brian Mozey
March 21, 2024
The mild winter has prompted new concerns for Minnesota fisheries offices, particularly regarding the northern pike egg take. The state’s unusually early ice-out initiated pike reproduction ahead of when it normally takes place.
Craig
St. Croix, Fox-Illinois rivers in Wisconsin to get new fishing regulations
Staff Report
March 15, 2024
March 1 marked the beginning of new panfish and game fish regulations on the St. Croix River in northwestern Wisconsin and the Fox-Illinois River in Waukesha County.
These new regulations change bag and length
New York Mixed Bag: Day-old chick program returns for raising pheasants
Staff and News Reports
February 6, 2024
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Day-Old Pheasant Chick program is set to return in 2024. After a last year’s outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease outbreak devastated New York’s pheasant stock
Lake of the Woods producing a variety of fish through the ice
Staff Report
January 18, 2024
As Lake of the Woods resorters and promoters are fond of telling their ice-fishing clientele, when the hook is set, you never quite know what’s at the other end of the line.
Several recent
Early and late ice are great times to target pike on Iowa’s Great Lakes
Steve Weisman
January 17, 2024
When Chad Loreth moved to the Iowa Great Lakes area in 2005, he knew he was coming to a great year-round fishery.
Loreth has enjoyed helping anglers, both veteran and novice, young and old,
Spoon-fed: Here’s when and what to use when it comes to ice fishing with spoons
Kyle Lynn
December 23, 2023
Spoons. If you were to look through any old angler’s tackle box, be it an open-water collection or a hardwater collection, you will more than likely find spoons.
Spoons play a huge part in
Ask a fisheries biologist: No, pike don’t lose their teeth
Max Wolter Wisconsin DNR Fish Biologist
December 8, 2023
Some time ago, I asked about fishing rumors or myths that people have heard and a friendly reader reminded me of an interesting rumor concerning northern pike. The myth – and it is a myth
