September 6, 2002

Lake Oahe has been dominated by small, slow-growing walleyes. Limits have been liberal to increase the harvest of these smaller fish, in order to decrease the pressure on baitfish. A special Lake Oahe-only license cost nonresidents $20. The daily limit of walleyes/sauger has been 10, with no more than four of those 15 inches or […]

Sept. 28: Sauk River Chapter MDHA Annual Banquet at Melrose American Legion. For more info call Mike Barten at 320-987-3296 or email mabarten@meltel.net

Field Editor Washington D.C. President George Bush’s proposal last week to streamline project planning on national forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands to address forest fuel buildups signals his Administration’s desire to solve procedural problems that have resulted in forest management gridlock, which some say is resulting in disastrous wildfires. The Healthy Forest

These results bring the tally of known CWD cases in the CWD-infection area to 31 animals since the first positives were announced Feb. 28. The “eradication zone” was increased from 374 to 389 square miles because of the location of one of the recent positive cases. The state intends to test nearly 50,000 deer this

Field Editor St. Paul The Minnesota DNR will be killing wild deer in the vicinity of an Aitkin elk farm where officials announced the discovery of chronic wasting disease (CWD) last week. Conservation officers and wildlife managers will shoot deer on fields and in the woods within a nine-square-mile surveillance area to collect brain tissue

The new Iron Range OHVRA will be open for public use beginning Sept. 28. It was authorized in 1996 and is located on the former mine lands adjacent to Lake Ore-Be-Gone within the city of Gilbert in St. Louis County. There’s no admission for the ribbon-cutting event, and properly licensed off-road vehicles are welcomed. For

Adjacent to that brushy hillside was a huge woods the only big woods in the county and whitetails from surrounding croplands migrated there to spend the winter pawing acorns in the snow. But a big part of the herd had discovered the farmer’s isolated feed storage area, one with a fence that could keep out

ELY AREA The fall minnow bite is on at Snowbank Lake, Burntside Lake, and Shagawa Lake in 15 to 22 feet of water. Northern pike and smallmouth bass are weed-related and hitting minnows on Fall Lake, White Iron Lake, and Basswood Lake. Lake trout action has picked up just a bit on Snowbank Lake. Skubie’s

Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail schedule. Team bass fishing format. For more info call Mark Schutz 763-566-9141, Sept. 7: Guy Gal Tournament, Lake Sylvia Twin 2002 Minnesota Walleye Trail (MWT) schedule. See your favorite Bait Shop or call 507-764-2668 or check out www.polebender.com: Sept. 7-8: MWT Championship on Serpent Lake Big Bass Bonaza Fishing