
Jigging down for crappies and sunfish – video
Drop your jig a couple of feet below the ice and then hold the line and slowly drop the line and jig another 10 to 12 inches at a time to draw crappies and sunfish.

Drop your jig a couple of feet below the ice and then hold the line and slowly drop the line and jig another 10 to 12 inches at a time to draw crappies and sunfish.

Federal legislators are making another run at delisting timber wolves, this time changing the bill name to – they hope – better describe what’s happening back at home.
The Pet and Livestock Protection Act

The DNR held two public meetings this week on the plan to start reintroducing elk to northeastern Minnesota by spring 2026. If you couldn’t make the meetings, you still can chime in on the plan,

The Minnesota House of Representatives convened for the first time on Thursday, Feb. 6, after Republicans and DFLers reached a power-sharing agreement.
They didn’t waste time once they arrived: More than 300 bills hit

In recognition of his outstanding overall career performance, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Andy Schmidt has been named the 2024 Conservation Officer of the Year. DNR Enforcement Division Director Col. Rodmen Smith presented

Looking to mid-February and March, the Minnesota DNR, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will begin its winter deer-culling efforts in metro-Deer Permit Area 605, the Grand Rapids area, and in Crow Wing

On Feb. 5, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (Minnesota, District 8) re-introduced the Superior National Forest Restoration Act, which would reverse the historic 2023 Biden administration decision to protect 225,504 acres of the Superior National Forest

While hard-water anglers are reveling this season with the opportunity to fish on thick, clear ice, the clarity and a relative lack of snow have turned some lakes into “greenhouses,” allowing aquatic plants to more

The Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee, the new iteration of the Minnesota DNR’s citizen oversight committees, met for the first time on Monday, Feb. 3, for a kickoff.
“We built momentum in the first
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