Ice fishing tips: Essential tools for safe early ice fishing adventures
Having the proper equipment and checking ice conditions frequently will help keep you topside.
Heading afield in coming days and weeks for spring longbeards? First invest some time in understanding where your gobbler loads are going to land.
Beat “stay-in-place”-induced cabin fever by targeting rough fish in a hard-running river near you.
Knowing how crappies move and adjust their habits during ice-out, pre-spawn and spawn will put more fillets in the frying pan.
During this challenging time, find comfort in the great outdoors and enjoy the upcoming peak of the spring migration.
Not just for whitetails anymore, trail cameras can provide keen insight into wild turkey spring haunts and habits.
Locate standing weeds in shallow water in late winter, and hungry panfish will be hanging out nearby.
Small spoons tipped with plastics, worms, or minnow heads and tails will attract more perch, crappies, and sunfish thus boosting your odds of catching more fish.
Tackle these duties before the snow melts for better bird nesting success and health this spring.
Longer days and warmer sunshine activate small game hunting opportunities between now and – bonus day – Feb. 29.
Fifteen or 20 minutes will likely cut it, and not only will it keep your dog in better shape before next bird season, but it’ll pretty much ensure a better quality of life overall.
Not marking fish despite working a prime location? Try using flashy spoons or rattle baits to entice more fish into your icy zone.
Know which jigging to employ when and you’ll reel in more walleyes and panfish this hard-water season.
Take advantage of training opportunities during the long, dark hours spent indoors this time of year.
Find some open water along the Mississippi River drainage from the Twin Cities on south, and you’ll often see adult bald eagles.
From minnow heads to jigging spoons, new ice activates big-time piscatorial action during the short days of early winter.
To create more flushes and retrieves, develop the right relationship with your four-legged hunting partner.
Having the proper equipment and checking ice conditions frequently will help keep you topside.
Challenging and calorie-burning? Sure, but some of the most rewarding ring-necked pheasant hunting begins right now.
Rumor has it that ruffed grouse numbers aren’t bad across the upland species’ range this year, and even in down years, the author still heads afield.
From jigs to crankbaits, unleash a greatest hits of top angling tactics to convince walleyes to fall in during the great bite of autumn.
Finding fall birds when the weather is anything but average demands a new and improved hunting strategy.
A study by a joint team of conservation biologists described a steady drop of nearly 3 billion North American birds since 1970, primarily as a result of human activities.
Chasing timberdoodles offers a great way to save face in the ruffed grouse woods.
Water, water everywhere during autumn 2019 demands precision and thorough searching for locating productive duck hunting spots.
Bigger baits will help trigger bites among the largest and most active ’gills of late summer or early fall
They’ll measure, at most, about 11 inches, with the majority probably going no more than 8 inches tip to tail. That’s not much fish when you’re used to 20-inch smallies, but there’s an appeal to them this blogger can’t shake.