DEP Announces Winter Trout Stocking in Connecticut

It’s early January and the chill of winter is settling in on our lakes and ponds, setting the stage for that wonderful wintertime activity called ice fishing! In anticipation of this winter’s freeze, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just completed its annual winter stocking of surplus broodstock brown trout.
The DEP stocked 725 surplus [...]

15 Jan 2009 – Iowa Weekly Fishing Report

The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff.
For current information, contact the district fisheries office. Phone numbers are listed with each district report.
Northeast
Mississippi River Pools 9 to 15: Pool 9 anglers are catching northern pike on tip-ups in Fish Lake off [...]

DNR, Ice Fishing Derby Offers Minnesota Youth Angling Opportunities

Fifty young people will be chosen to learn ice fishing techniques at a special seminar to be held on Jan. 24 at the 34th Annual Maple Lake Ice Fishing Derby. The kids will also receive free gear and on-the-ice instruction from Bob Jensen, television host of Fishing the Midwest.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) [...]

There is No Such Thing as 100-Percent Safe Ice

I’m not sure whether I fall into the majority or minority on this issue, but literally speaking, I flat out don’t like ice over water.
The only two places I like ice are at the bottom of my drinking glass or at the hockey rink – you never hear of a hockey player falling through the [...]

Sit On A Bucket Over Ice? Nice.

MADISON – It’s not everybody’s idea of fun, but it fits the bill perfectly for nearly half a million Wisconsin adults every winter.
In a new video available on the Department of Natural Resources Web site “Ice Fishing: My Kind of Fun,” an angler fishing one of the popular Madison area lakes explains his enjoyment of [...]

Educators and Industry Partner With Minnesota DNR To Get Kids Outdoors This Winter

How do you get kids involved in ice fishing? Teachers from the Battle Lake and Nevis school districts and members of Ice Team, LLC, set out to answer that question at a recent educator workshop at Glendalough State Park sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) MinnAqua Program.
The workshop is part of an [...]

Michigan Fisheries Visitor Center Announces Winter Program Schedule

The Michigan Fisheries Visitor Center has announced its weekend program schedule for this coming winter, beginning Dec. 6. The center is located at 3377 US-31 in Oden, approximately five miles east of Petoskey. All programs are free.

Saturday, Dec. 6: Snowshoe-building Workshop; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weave your own pair of authentic “Drift Busters” or [...]

Fish & Wildlife Seeks Feedback on Northern Pike

WATERBURY, VT – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department would like to hear your opinion about northern pike fishing regulations on Lake Champlain.
Northern pike are one of the most popular sport fish sought by Vermont anglers in the open water and ice fishing seasons on the big lake.
Currently, Vermont’s Lake Champlain northern pike fishing regulations [...]