How to keep wasps out of your nectar feeder
As hummingbird feeding season 2020 winds down, you already can start planting and working toward next spring by considering hummingbird-attracting flowers.
Final year of ruffed grouse/West Nile virus monitoring to conclude this fall
In collaboration with the Minnesota and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources, the Ruffed Grouse Society and Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the Wisconsin DNR will conduct the third and final year of sampling in a multi-year monitoring program this fall looking at WNV in ruffed grouse.
Everyone loves them some all-American smallmouth bass
The best thing about smallmouth bass? Everything works: crankbaits, jigging spoons, plastic worms, twister tails, spinnerbaits, even slip-bobbers and hair jigs.
Key to early season ruffed grouse success: slow down
Especially if you’re running a young retrieving dog, the thick foliage and variety of scents demand that you take your time when everything’s still green.
Bluegill improvement central to proposed special fishing regs
Hoping to invite conversation and reach a broad audience, the DNR will hold the first of five virtual town halls focusing on the bluegill initiative on Monday, Oct. 5.
Videos
Strong fall flight predicted for upcoming waterfowl season
Excellent breeding conditions in the Dakotas and Manitoba helped produce an abundance of ducks, which should benefit hunters this season.
Wisconsin DNR releases ruffed grouse WNV numbers – but is there some good news here, too?
"These findings indicate that while ruffed grouse are being exposed to WNV, there are birds that are surviving and clearing the virus from their bodies."
Weedy walleyes in the late summer
When traditional walleye structure goes cold, consider a patch of vegetation that might just contain more than bass and pike.
In Great Lakes region, West Nile virus survey in ruffed grouse continues to show strong survival rates
While the virus is present in the Great Lakes region, grouse exposed to the virus can survive.
Addicted to the fun of underwater-camera viewing
Employing an underwater camera will make your angling more efficient in your quest to decipher what’s happening underneath the surface.
Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener postponed
Fairmont to instead host event Oct. 8-9, 2021.
Kicking big-lake madness via trout isolation
Why late summer provides an ideal time to have the streams all to yourself.
Catch-and-release walleye fishing set to reopen on Mille Lacs
After a one-month shutdown, anglers can again fish for walleye on Lake Mille Lacs and use live bait, effective Saturday, Aug. 1.
The strange tale of the North Metro bar-headed goose
Domestic or a long way from its native Himalayan home? Who knows, but it’s a cool-looking waterfowl.
Heat of summer angling secret: early risers
How to avoid the summer fishing doldrums (and the recreational boat traffic).
Fishing tip: Beat the heat and troll for hungry moonlight walleyes
Record-breaking heat and bugs hindering your urge to wet a line this holiday weekend? Try trolling under a full moon for the region’s most popular freshwater gamefish
Mille Lacs walleye fishing set to close down for July
With the exception of the month of July, walleye angling on the lake is catch-and-release this season. Catch-and-release walleye fishing is scheduled to re-open on Saturday, Aug. 1, and continue through Monday, Nov. 30.
Bird and other wildlife sightings during the COVID era
Are critters really more abundant, or are citizens working from home simply seeing more of the birds and mammals that always have lived among us?
Meet the women who inspire women to become today’s anglers
The author has a new fishing partner, one who allows him to steal a kiss after an impressive catch.
Better fishing this spring: timing that hookset
Ever wonder why swinging and missing is so common in all types of fishing?
Deer feeding and attractant bans expand as part of CWD response
Six counties in and near Twin Cities metro prohibited from deer feeding and attractants starting July 1.
New format, strong results for this year’s Minnesota Fishing Challenge
Spread out across home waters, teams raised more than $300,000.
Virus upsets summer plans at Isle Royale
The remote island in Lake Superior said it's delaying the summer opening because of coronavirus restrictions. Camping might become available by late June or July but there will be no ferry service.
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