Metro Area Fishing Report – March 9, 2025 – video
Pay attention to access points and do your own homework on ice conditions. Still some ice fishing to go and the bite is very good.
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March 9, 2025
Are snowy owls in trouble? It’s a topic wide open to debate
I remember clearly my first encounter with a snowy owl. I was driving in western Minnesota, in Pope County, looking for winter birds, when I noticed a white object sitting on top of a light pole. My heart raced as I got closer and realized it was, in fact, a snowy owl.
It was obliging and stayed on the pole while I approached and took photos of it, which I still have (somewhere, in a box …). Snowies are pretty tame, because where they spend most of the year, they don’t see many people.
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Nature Smart: A wolf encounter worth the wait in Yellowstone
Wolves in a snowy landscape are my winter photography focus in Yellowstone National Park. We make every effort to locate and position ourselves to capture images of these amazing creatures. This was the case recently, while leading a tour in the interior of Yellowstone.
In order to gain access to the closed-to-the-public interior in winter, we obtained special permits and also hired a snow coach. The snow coaches are four-wheel-drive, monster truck-like vehicles with 46-inch tires.
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New York stripers on the fly just what the doctor ordered
Like so many outdoor adventures, this one started with a chance encounter. What some call serendipity. Or just good luck.
“What do you do?” the doctor asked.
“I’m a sailboat captain on Lake Superior,” my son Jon answered.
“Do you fish?” The doctor asked. That brief exchange led to a longer conversation that had the doctor’s assistant looking at her watch, knowing they were falling behind in their packed schedule of appointments.
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Jeremiah Haas: Time to get your boat ready for the open-water season
As we begin getting some open water around the Quad Cities area, the itch to get out and chase those early-season walleyes is starting to get tougher to ignore.
While we assume everything was done correctly before the boat was put away in the fall, many times that task was done haphazardly and we tend to pay the consequences of those actions the first couple of times out in the spring. So, unless you are seasoned veteran of the waters and know exactly what things to look for, take a few minutes to make sure everything is ready to go.
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