South Dakota Fishing Report – March 6, 2024 – video
The main story has been the traffic heading west to the river – and the fish have been cooperating.
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March 6, 2024
Ice-out surges across Minnesota as prior records begin to fall
To the surprise of few, historical ice-out records continue to fall as early open water progresses northward on Minnesota lakes.
It’s the El Niño effect on full display, and it’s enough to flabbergast even longtime climatologist Pete Boulay, of the Minnesota State Climatology Office, who’s for the past several days been updating the state’s ice-out map.
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Nature Smart: Visiting the Bunting Lady
Nature is in constant flux. It is how she works, and during the past 40 years of working as a wildlife photographer, I have witnessed change repeatedly. It is a familiar tune. Opportunities to photograph or study a particular critter will be excellent, then something changes, and suddenly that species is no longer accessible.
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Backyard and Beyond: A heron on hard water
Great blue herons engage in some “hard-water” fishing, too, as evidenced by the big bird observed by Vern Lemasters. He reports that the heron eventually was able to chip a frozen fish out of the ice.
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Wisconsin Assembly approves license fee hikes for nonresident hunters, anglers
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Feb. 22 that would raise a variety of hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees for nonresidents to help shrink a deficit in the state’s fish and wildlife account.
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Joe Shead: Shed hunting tips after a non-winter
What a crazy non-winter we’ve experienced this year, especially in the wake of a ridiculously snowy winter last year in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin. Talk about a 180. But a mild winter is exactly what our struggling northern deer herd needs right now.
This shed season promises to be a unique and challenging one. And unfortunately, sheds will likely be a little tougher to come by this spring for a few reasons.
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Steve Carney: The good, bad, and unlikely-to-be-used features on a new boat
It’s always exciting to get a new boat rigged each season and enjoy the new technological advances that come along every year.
Here are some thoughts on the season’s new ride that I’ll enjoy.
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What’s to love about Jennie in Minnesota’s Meeker County? For starters, its big fish
Once known as one of the better walleye lakes in this central-Minnesota area, Jennie’s largemouth bass and northern pike are more abundant now and seem to be drawing a lot more attention from anglers.
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Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the March 8, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
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