Steve Carney: Proper care for your fish fillets is important during raging summer heat
Steve Carney
July 29, 2026
Catching shallow walleyes, and keeping them fresh during a ragingly hot summer
Fishing
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Minnesota’s mid-summer smallmouth report
Justin Lightfoot
July 29, 2026
Smallmouth bass fishing is heating up across the Otter Tail area as fish settle into their summer patterns. Rock piles, boulder fields, and main-lake points in 10 to 25 feet of water are producing some
Minnesota Mixed Bag: International Black Bear Show in Grand Rapids set for July 31 to Aug. 2
Staff and News Reports
July 29, 2026
Grand Rapids, Minn. — Mark your calendar for the International Black Bear Show, taking place July 31 to August 2 at the Yanner Arena in Grand Rapids.
Massive heat wave causes more fish kills across Minnesota
Justin Runberg
July 29, 2026
Statewide, the running tally of fish-kill events jumped 30% in a week earlier this month as water temperatures climbed into the 80s, killing thousands of fish across Minnesota.
Isaiah Tolo, fish health supervisor with
U.S. Forest Service reopening 41 Boundary Waters entry points on July 30
Staff Report
July 28, 2026
Portions of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are reopening to overnight visitors starting Thursday, July 30, a little more than two weeks after a huge surge of wildfires prompted the U.S. Forest Service to
Bob Zink: Examining the shifting baseline syndrome in hunting and fishing
Bob Zink
July 26, 2026
A concept known as the shifting baseline syndrome (SBS) is pivotal to our understanding game and fish species and how they are managed.
SBS refers to the phenomenon in which each generation accepts the
Parts of the Boundary Waters could reopen to overnight use by July 30
Staff Report
July 24, 2026
Portions of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness could reopen to overnight visitors July 30, a little more than two weeks after a surge of wildfires prompted the U.S. Forest Service to close the wilderness.<br
Colleen Foehrenbacher: Building conservationists beyond the classroom
Colleen Foehrenbacher
July 24, 2026
Over the past few years I’ve listened to dozens of podcasts discussing concerns about the future of hunting, fishing, and shooting sports. Hunters today represent a smaller share of the population than they did a
C.B. Bylander: Fly fishing for crappies is a summer treat
C.B. Bylander
July 24, 2026
Fishing stories rarely start with “I was reading a John Sanford novel in a lounge chair by the lake.”
But this one does. It does because that’s exactly what I was doing this spring
