Get a good hook set for finnicky fish and expect that bigger sunfish will pull down more on the rod compared to a quick vibrating motion for smaller fish.

It may be small in size for an inland lake in Ohio at just 39 acres. But, when it comes to fishing, especially for largemouth bass, Oxbow Lake packs quite a punch.

After 18 months without a veterinarian, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources earlier this year hired Dr. Scott Larsen to the Wildlife Health Section.

A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the May 23, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers.

Name your kid “Napoleon” and he might just grow up to forge an empire. Christen him “Remington?” Clearly he is destined to become a shooting champion. So it is with Remington Rupert, a 16-year-old ...

Minnesota blew the lid off its previous record spring wild turkey harvest last year, and the first half of 2025 has kept pace with 2024. My daughter, my dad, and I must’ve hit the midseason doldrums ...

Catch-and-keep bass season is still a ways off in Michigan, but the best fishing of the year may be right now. “No doubt about it,” said Ben Nielsen, who hosted me on his bass boat on Hardy Dam Pond ...

My final spring trip to the South Dakota/Minnesota border waters was a success. The timing was perfect. Water temperatures leaped into the mid-60s, and I knew it would go well. Crappies were the ...

In an effort to protect wildlife habitat, the Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to spray over 38,000 acres of state game lands this spring for gypsy moths. Spraying is planned for 16 state game lands ...

All the twists and turns and trips and tricks navigated by Tammy Miller over her nearly three decades with the DNR were the result of a particular skill learned by rural small-town farm kids across ...

Aging sure eases the stirring and sleeplessness that are part of hunting and fishing seasons’ beginnings. Just yesterday, I started packing (at least piling in the garage) everything I’ll need when I ...

Neonicotinoids, often called neonics, are a type of pesticide known for their negative effects on non-target insects. They’re used to kill farm crop pests such as aphids, but they also kill bees, ...