Drazkowski grew up in Winona, exploring the federal refuge with a fervor and curiosity nurtured by his father and grandfather that has never relented.
Celebrating 100 years of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge Read More »
Largemouth bass fishing is synonymous with many things in America’s freshwater fishing culture.
Tricked out specialty boats that scream second mortgage. Tournament anglers dressed like walking advertisements. Slick, glossy magazines devoted to the craft. Ambassadors and VIPs that span generations, from Ray Scott to Roland Martin to Kevin VanDam. In parts of the American South, the hunt for largemouth bass borders on religion – and has for decades.
But the beloved bucketmouth isn’t nearly as revered in fly-fishing circles.
Fly-fishing gear works just fine for warmwater species like bass, too Read More »
What a difference a few weeks make.
In late March, the talk among waterfowl professionals across the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region – the epicenter of duck production in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and parts of Montana – revolved around one word: drought. A lack of ephemeral water could dramatically affect the breeding season, they said, especially for mallards and pintails, the spring’s earliest migrants.
Recent rains welcomed by waterfowl in Minnesota, the Dakotas Read More »
It’s last call for comments on the Lac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area’s master plan.
The Minnesota DNR is asking the members of the public interested in the popular WMA in west-central Minnesota to share their final thoughts on an updated draft master plan – a document that, once approved by DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen, will govern the WMA for the next 10 years.
Comment period nears close for management plan on Minnesota’s popular Lac qui Parle WMA Read More »
You never know what you’re going to encounter on the mighty Mississippi River, especially as it meanders through Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
Consider Pool 2 – a 35-mile stretch from the Ford Dam in St. Paul downstream to Hastings. It can be, as some anglers say, a sensory experience. An occasionally bizarre and beautiful one, too.
Mississippi River’s Pool 2 in Minnesota: A “phenomenal fishery” in an urban setting Read More »
St. Paul — The Minnesota DNR is soliciting public feedback as the agency moves into the initial phase of updating the state’s 2020-2023 duck and pheasant action plans – documents that will help guide the management of the popular game birds from 2025-2030.
Minnesota conservation groups to offer duck, pheasant action plan input April 30 Read More »
When Khloe Thorson landed fish No. 80, her mother asked her a simple, direct question.
“I asked her if she wanted to stop,” said Meranda Gonska. “But her answer was an emphatic no. She just wouldn’t quit.”
This wasn’t, after all, your average day of ice fishing in late February. It was an ice-fishing fundraiser. And it didn’t matter that it was cold and windy and that Khloe – her face red with windburn – had been fishing outside for nine hours already, with only one bathroom break in between. For Khloe, a 12-year-old seventh-grader at Pequot Lakes Middle School, finishing what she started was and is deeply personal.
Minnesota 12-year-old fishes with a purpose for cancer awareness Read More »
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.”
Minnesota trout opener creates buzz in the southeast Read More »
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.
Rainbow trout and steelhead: One species, but two very different angling experiences Read More »
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