Metro Area Fishing Report – September 3, 2023 – video
Site Staff
September 3, 2023
Summer patterns continue and a couple presentations make it simple to catch fish.
Fishing
Lake Superior’s impressive hatch of ciscoes is already showing in its salmon catch
Joe Shead
September 1, 2023
Every action has a reaction. As reported previously in Outdoor News, the 2022 cisco year-class in Lake Superior was one for the ages. Biologists are now saying it may double the previous record set in
A river’s appeal: A Q&A with Minnesota fishing guide Darren Troseth
Brian Mozey
September 1, 2023
Darren Troseth has been fishing for 20 years and has been a fishing guide for the past six years. He typically guides on the Minnesota, Mississippi, and St. Croix rivers.
Troseth said he doesn’t
Aquatic plants: Which are best, and how are they impacting fish and anglers?
Steve McComas
August 31, 2023
Reports coming across my desk indicate it’s been a weedy summer in many Minnesota lakes: plants clogging personal watercraft propellers, pontoon motors operated in reverse to clear weeds, and uprooted plants washing ashore. Although these
A perch resurgence in the Upper Midwest: What’s fueled the comeback?
Al Lindner
August 31, 2023
If you spend any amount of time talking with anglers in the Midwest, the topic of perch likely will come up. They’re one of the main forage species for a number of game fish, including
Streams of Thought: Where are the public-land advocates when the topic turns tribal?
Tim Spielman
August 30, 2023
Nearly every major conservation group that’s known by readers of this publication includes access to public lands – for hunting, fishing, and otherwise – as a priority. And well they should. The future of these
Minnesota’s open-water fishing ’23: Hot, and not in a good way
Steve Carney
August 30, 2023
Reflecting on the 2023 open-water fishing season, I have had some interesting twists and turns and have some insights to share.
There is no doubt that hot weather has had a big effect on
Minnesota DNR stocks ‘heritage’ brook trout in state’s southeast streams
DNR Report
August 30, 2023
With splashes and dashes, thousands of tiny brook trout swam free in several southeastern Minnesota streams this August, representing a major milestone in a Minnesota DNR effort to restore a unique, native strain of brook
Minnesota DNR proposes new pike regulation for Gull Lake chain
DNR Report
August 30, 2023
The Minnesota DNR will hold an open house on Thursday, Sept. 7, to collect public comments and share information about a proposed northern pike regulation change for the Gull Lake chain, including Gull Lake and
