DNR invites public to serve on council to help boost hunter, angler numbers
Minnesota DNR Reports
June 5, 2018
Agency looks to zero in on hunter and angler recruitment, retention and reactivation.
Fishing
Lawmakers fail to resolve dispute over muskie stocking
Associated Press
June 1, 2018
NISSWA, Minn. — Lawmakers left St. Paul without resolving a long-running dispute over the stocking of Minnesota lakes with muskies. Opponents of introducing the ferocious predator fish to more lakes weren’t able to pass legislation
Tribal officials investigate gillnet abandoned on Mille Lacs
Associated Press
June 1, 2018
ONAMIA, Minn. — Tribal authorities are investigating an abandoned gillnet found on Lake Mille Lacs that contained 67 dead walleyes. Last week’s find has revived the controversy over tribal fishing on Mille Lacs, where the
Minnesota Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 1, 2018
Site Staff
May 30, 2018
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Smallmouth bass action has really picked up as of late2, especially for the bigger fish on the shallow rocks with plastics. Some walleyes continue to be found in
DNR continues efforts to gauge Mille Lacs walleye population
Minnesota DNR Reports
May 29, 2018
Based on the number of walleye that were originally tagged and the total number of tagged fish that turn up during the recapture, the DNR said it can make an accurate estimate of the lake’s
Minnesota Outdoor News Fishing Report – May 25, 2018
Site Staff
May 23, 2018
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Good walleye fishing continues on jigs and plastics in less than 12 feet. Live-bait rigs and leeches are producing walleyes on the 12- to 24- foot structure, while
Fishing for position – wacky-rigging your way to bigger bass
Terry Tuma
May 22, 2018
Not using this fishing technique? Then expect America’s next top anglers to inquire: “Why aren’t you wacky-rigging?”
Zinke proposes expanding hunting, fishing at 30 national wildlife refuges
Staff and News Reports
May 22, 2018
More than a third of those refuges are on lands in the Great Lakes region.
8-year-old Rogers boy wins boat, motor, trailer in crappie tourney
Site Staff
May 21, 2018
An 8-year-old boy is the winner of a new fully-loaded boat with motor and trailer, the grand prize in the 50th Minnesota Bound Crappie Contest. Lincoln Erickson of Rogers won with a .93-pound crappy Saturday,
