Fishing tip: How to double-hook a shiner minnow (video)
Site Staff
April 17, 2017
Using a double hook technique will allow you to go through heavy cover and brush.
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29K deer taken by 44K hunters in North Dakota in 2016
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
April 17, 2017
Overall hunter success was 66 percent, with each hunter spending an average of 4.4 days in the field.
North Dakota bighorn sheep population stable
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
April 17, 2017
The northern badlands population, which was hit the hardest from 2014 die-off, increased 2 percent from last year. However, the southern badlands population was down 3 percent.
Best Bait for Walleye?
Site Staff
April 14, 2017
Fishing walleyes with artificial lures or live bait, which is the best? Read the surprising results from a survey of experienced walleye anglers on their tactics.
Freeing locked-up bull elk — with a shot to the antler (video)
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Reports
April 14, 2017
Best thing to do — while also avoiding being gored — was to try to shoot off one of the antlers. Third attempt was the charm.
Study: Hunting, fishing contribute heavily to recreation’s economic boom in South Dakota
Associated Press
April 14, 2017
Hunters spent more than $682.7 million and anglers spent over $271.3 million. Trappers, wildlife viewers and boaters were also big spenders with a combined contribution of almost $140 million.
Study: Road salt levels spike, threaten Twin Cities lakes
Associated Press
April 14, 2017
Lakes reportedly so contaminated with road salt that they’ll no longer support native fish and plants within three decades.
Outdoor News’ Kristen Monroe to represent U.S. in world women’s match fishing team championships
Staff and News Reports
April 13, 2017
Fellow Wisconsin anglers Barb Carey and Hannah Stonehouse Hudson and Minnesota’s Shelly Holland also among six American anglers to compete in Hungary in the 2017 championships.
Lake of the Woods/Rainy River sturgeon population just keeps getting better
Joe Albert
April 13, 2017
A big part of the restoration has been regulations designed specifically to protect the slow-growing fish.
