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Tori McCormick

Minnesota trout opener creates buzz in the southeast

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When you live in southeastern Minnesota, it’s common knowledge that the weekend of the stream-trout opener is not the most opportune time to get groceries, let alone have a quiet burger and beer at one of the region’s local restaurants or taverns.
“It’s the one time of year where we can get really busy,” Vaughn Snook, Minnesota DNR assistant area fisheries supervisor in Lanesboro, said of the region’s signature towns, including Preston, Chatfield, and others. “You’ll see plenty of anglers going to get something to eat or drink with their waders on.”

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Rainbow trout and steelhead: One species, but two very different angling experiences

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They may look alike at certain times of the year, but the differences between rainbow trout and steelhead – despite being genetically the same species – couldn’t be more pronounced.
In fact, the two fish lead very different lives. Even the anglers who pursue them are wired differently.

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Snowstorm halts goose migration in Upper Midwest, but much-needed moisture may help small wetlands

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A spring snow goose migration thought to be two weeks ahead of schedule has come to a screeching halt, thanks to Mother Nature’s post-winter handiwork.
A multi-day snowstorm and unseasonably low temperatures that settled across the Upper Midwest earlier this week have reset the migration, state and federal waterfowl officials say, with thousands of snows and blues moving back south to find open water and snowless farm fields as they attempt to fuel up during their journey to their arctic breeding grounds in Canada.

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency seeks comments on response plan for fish kills

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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking public comment on a statewide, multi-agency draft protocol that defines how agencies should work together when investigating fish kills in Minnesota.
The protocol, which fulfills a 2023 legislative mandate, is spelled out in a detailed 35-page guidance titled “Interagency Fish Kill Response.”

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A taste of Alaska coming to Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo in St. Paul, Minnesota this March

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Living in St. Cloud and fishing Minnesota’s sky-blue waters in the Land of 10,000 Lakes for walleyes, bass, and northern pike, Grant Anderson thought he had it better than most “God’s country,” Anderson, 61, said of Minnesota’s fishing waters.
But then he took a trip to Alaska in 1994. Then another for two weeks in 1996. Then yet another for a month in 1997. Most of his time was spent hiking, camping, and fishing for salmon.

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Minnesota DNR says no cormorant control necessary for Pelican Lake

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Citing back-to-back successful walleye year-class production, the Minnesota DNR has decided – at least for the time being – against cormorant population control on Pelican Lake in Grant County in western Minnesota.
Last week’s decision by the agency, which included an announcement that the DNR will develop an adaptive monitoring and management plan for Pelican Lake, follows new information showing walleye numbers on the popular fishing lake improved in 2022 and 2023.

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Minnesota anglers eagerly awaiting Rainy River season with early spring feeling likely

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Spring hasn’t quite sprung along the U.S.-Canadian border, but an unseasonably warm winter has anglers “giddy with anticipation,” as one official put it, for the early spring walleye and sauger season to open on the Rainy River.
That’s because the river is known for its huge walleyes during its special spring season, which attracts anglers from throughout Minnesota and across the Midwest.

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For info and entertainment, here are some outdoors podcast options for you

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I love podcasts. It wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest I’m addicted to them.
I listen to them daily. I enjoy the immediacy of the spoken word. My choices cover a range of topics, many of which have a newsy, current-events orthodoxy. Others don’t. Some are nerdy, deep-in-the-weeds dives into topics that interest me and nurture my natural curiosity.
The beauty of the podcast world is its variety.

For info and entertainment, here are some outdoors podcast options for you Read More »

Snow geese on their way to the Dakotas, Minnesota ahead of schedule this year

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If you’re a spring snow goose hunter and you don’t have your gear ready to roll, the time to do so is nigh.
Spring-like weather south of Minnesota and the Dakotas throughout most of February has millions of snow geese on the move, with birds already migrating as far north as South Dakota.

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