Pro Tip of the Week: Scouting for northern pike
Tom Neustrom
December 18, 2024
Tip-up fishing for northern pike can be exciting in itself, and there also can be a chance for a bonus walleye at times.
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Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – December 16, 2024
Site Staff
December 16, 2024
Ice fishing is in full swing on Lake of the Woods. Fishing reports have been very good. Good numbers of walleyes and saugers being caught with some nice jumbo perch, eelpout and pike as well.
Lake Mille Lacs Fishing Report – December 13, 2024 – video
Tony Roach
December 13, 2024
Not bad for the first 1/2-hour of checking ice conditions on Mille Lacs.
So you want to be an ice angler? Here’s how to get started
Tori McCormick
December 13, 2024
He’d occasionally drag me onto a southern Minnesota lake when I was a kid growing up in Belle Plaine and Shakopee, but in most years, he’d make one trip to Lake Mille Lacs (or some
Targeting these nontraditional species through the hard water can be fantastic fun
Joe Shead
December 13, 2024
They are the seemingly odd types you might have ignored in high school. They’re a little different.
Under-appreciated. A bit “off” by conventional standards? But that’s OK for those anglers who pursue something other
Steve Carney: For older eyes, try larger sight pins on your bow; and an update on Minnesota’s first ice fishing
Steve Carney
December 11, 2024
As I age, my eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I’ve been using the standard, .019 sight pins on my bows for decades, but it is time for a change.
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With the Minnesota House evenly split, what will legislative session bring for the outdoors?
Natalie Ryder
December 11, 2024
With an even split down the aisle in the Minnesota House of Representatives, with 67 Republican and 67 DFL representatives, all the committees will be led by bipartisan co-chairs for the 2025-26 session.
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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Arrowhead Ice-Fishing Show begins Friday in Duluth
Staff and News Reports
December 11, 2024
Are you in the market for the latest in ice-fishing gear? Visit with exhibitors and find some hot deals for the upcoming ice season. Be sure, too, to take in an “ice-box” seminar or two,
Midweek cold snap to aid ice-making on Minnesota lakes
Natalie Ryder
December 11, 2024
Despite some snow, high winds, and mild weather that enveloped portions of Minnesota during the first week and weekend of December, ice formation has progressed nicely on the bigger lakes throughout the state. The latest
