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SptSchool.htm. To register or for more info contact Todd Tratz at 612-624-9779 or email: tratz001@tc.umn.edu. April 7-8: The Minnesota Fly Fishers Club is holding fly fishing classes at the Lynnhurst Community Center in South Minneapolis. The $65 tuition for the class includes 2 days of instruction, handouts and a book. Call Lew Beccone at 612-922-4969 […]

April 21: NWDGC hosting a pheasant tournament at Zwickey’z. Zwickey’s is located on Cty Hwy S just 2 miles west of US Hwy 53 near Chippewa Falls, WI. Call 715-723-3140 for further info. Big Bucks Bass Wisconsin Team Buddy Division Tournaments. Winners take home $1200. Point leaders go on to fish a free tournament for

Late last week, while heading east on Minnesota Hwy. 7 on a return trip from a western Minnesota varmint hunt, I spotted three coyotes walking along a creek bed a mile or so off the road near Mayer, north of Waconia. These coyotes were feeding and paying little attention to their surroundings as they followed

ALEXANDRIA AREA Lake Ida is kicking out sunfish and crappies at a good pace. Expect to find a mixed bag of crappies, perch, and sunfish from Lake Henry. Lake Irene, Smith Lake, Lake Le Homme Dieu, and Lake Geneva. All have given up crappies around sunset. Christopherson’s Bait and Tackle (320) 763-3255 ANNANDALE AREA Sunfish

spring morning with clear skies, not a hint of a breeze, and the sound of lusty gobbling greeting the break of day. Maybe I treasure these days so much because there are so few of them. Spring weather is as fickle as the gobblers we hunt. If you are going to be consistently successful at

Mar. 30-April 1: Duluth Deer & Hunting Expo at the Duluth National Guard Armory, Duluth, MN. Fri. 4-9 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more info call 218-730-9990. Mar. 31-April 1: Gun Show at the Deerwood Auditorium. Dealers will buy-sell-trade. For more info call 218-534-3163. April 7: Gander Mountain

No report available at this time. District 8 – Fergus Falls area No report available at this time. District 9 – Glenwood area Officer Tony Anderson (Morris) assisted in the Appleton area this week and is keeping an eye on the dog deer complaints. Officer Chuck Nelson (Paynesville) spent some time working snowmobilers this week,

The show has more than 600 exhibitors of outdoors-related merchandise and opportunities, including travel; hunting and angling destinations; boats and motors; hunting, fishing and camping gear; and motor homes. Seminars run continuously, and there will be games and fishing for the kids. Special features include the “World Record Elk Tour” and the “Travelin’ Fish Tank.”

Among the proposals is a possible ban on most tournament fishing on refuge land. A full text of the policy is available at the web site, http://refuges.fws.gov, under “What’s new.” Submit comments to Douglas Staller, acting chief, Division of Visitor Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 670, Arlington, VA. 22203, fax (703) 358-4428. E-mail comments