For the first time in 32 years and only the second time ever, a B.A.S.S. Nation qualifier wears the crown of the biggest title in bass fishing. Dylan Nutt, the 22-year-old phenom from Nashville, Tenn., won the 2026 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour in front of a giant home-state crowd at Food City Arena in Knoxville.
The public comment period on the Minnesota DNR Fisheries’ proposal to reduce the statewide walleye bag limit from 6 to 4 ended on March 5, and by late last week, the agency had tallied nearly 1,500 total comments.
The 17th annual Blue Ribbon Bait and Tackle open house will be held on Saturday, Mar. 28, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the shop in Oakdale. This is the shop’s spring “super sale” with specials on tackle, rods, reels, and more.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 20, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Thoughts on the upcoming Minnesota Duck Summit Read More »
The Walleye Alliance is a Minnesota-based angler organization focused on supporting walleye fishing and related conservation efforts. We are a grassroots group with members that include fishing guides, resort owners, tournament anglers, and other walleye enthusiasts.
Our mission is to advocate for responsible walleye fishing, educate the public, and promote conservation so future generations can enjoy high-quality walleye fisheries.
Should the daily bag limit of ducks be reduced? What’s the health status of Minnesota’s wetlands and other waterfowl habitat, as well as the ducks that breed in the state? Do hunters and waterfowl managers have differing viewpoints on ducks and duck management?
Those questions and many others are on the docket for the 2026 Minnesota Duck Summit, slated for March 27-28 in Nicollet, near the shores of hallowed Swan Lake.
Big event for Minnesota waterfowlers as Duck Summit is set for March 27-28 Read More »
It was a little over an hour into Minnesota’s 2025 spring turkey season when two toms gobbled from about 100 yards away through the aspens.
I had sat tight in this spot since daylight, calling periodically at birds that had roosted on the neighboring property. A series of scouting runs that revealed scratchings on this trail through the timber left me confident this was the place to be on opening morning.
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The Wisconsin DNR recently announced the winners of the 2025
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Some people spend their careers studying conservation. Others spend their lives practicing it.
Dr. Keith G. Tidball has spent much of his career doing both.
After more than two decades at Cornell University, Tidball, who is current president of the New York State Conservation Council and a U.S. Military Veteran, recently stepped away from academia – but retirement, in his case, is less a closing chapter than a pivot.
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