Whoa! It’s finally here: the 2026 Minnesota walleye fishing opener.
Every year is different, which makes it fun and challenging. Ice-out dates, daily temperatures, the spawning schedule, and other unforeseen variables can make it
It’s finally here, opener of walleye season in Minnesota.
If you’re like me, you have been anticipating this weekend for a whole year. After what seemed like a cool spring so far, and now
Minnesota’s fishing opener arrives on May 9 and along with it comes a great sense of anticipation. When it comes to participation, the opener is a big deal. For many, this is one of the
Brantley Yoder tried to be modest when asked what it was like to harvest his first gobbler, but the 10-year-old’s grin gave him away.
Yoder, who is from Delaware, served as the “ambassador” for
Matt Malone is a relative newcomer to deer hunting but the buck he shot last November will be a tough one to top.
Malone, back on Nov. 1, shot a nice 10-point buck with
This is not a story of a successful habitat restoration. Instead, this is a chronicle of a less-than-totally-successful operation in which, nevertheless, lessons were learned.
In the middle of Crow Wing County, Minn., land
It can be almost too easy to catch trout during the first couple of weeks after stocking occurs. Most trout fin for a week or two, often visible, in the same pool or very near
I’m getting confused.
Again. Happens every countdown to Minnesota’s famed fishing opener, which is May 9 this year. This is when social media blows up with how-to-catch-walleyes advice ahead of the opener. Fish shallow.
One evening when we were hunting at West Canada Lake one of the guys mentioned that he would like to revisit the site of an old lumber camp at Twin Lakes where he had spent
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