Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – September 1, 2025
Site Staff
September 1, 2025
Jumbo perch remain a bonus catch, mixing in with the walleyes across the basin.
Fishing
Metro Area Fishing Report – August 31, 2025 – video
Matt Johnson
August 31, 2025
Summer is winding down, but we’re still seeing some consistent patterns.
Outdoor Insights: Taking a deeper look into state and tribal harvest levels on Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs
Rob Drieslein
August 29, 2025
Anglers and surrounding businesses received a shot of good news last week when the Minnesota DNR announced it was liberalizing the walleye limit for Mille Lacs effective last Saturday, Aug. 23. Anglers may now keep
Invasive rusty crayfish trapping offers lake benefits, and a tasty meal
Natalie Ryder
August 28, 2025
It was just another day at work for Tim Fischer and his son, Vince, as they took to the waters of Minnesota’s Lake Vermilion to check crayfish traps they’d set the previous day.
Tim
Minnesota Land Trust easement work reaches Lake Vermilion’s shores
Natalie Ryder
August 28, 2025
In recent years, Minnesota Land Trust has been working with private landowners, camps, and environmental learning centers to get their land designated as conservation easements to protect the land indefinitely.
“Private landowners are critical
Questions from the State Fair: Should Minnesota reduce the walleye limit from six fish to four?
Site Staff
August 27, 2025
Outdoor News contributing writer Ron Hustvedt grew up going to the Minnesota State Fair, and his favorite place to visit was, and still is, the DNR fish pond.
For this week’s Sounding Board, a
Minnesota Conservation Officer Academy produces 13 new grads
DNR Report
August 27, 2025
Thirteen individuals recently graduated from the Minnesota DNR’s Conservation Officer Academy and have begun patrolling Minnesota’s fields, waters, and woods. They spent nearly four months at Camp Ripley, immersed in learning all about being successful
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: A late-summer bluegill bonanza
Jeremy Colsen
August 27, 2025
As we reach the late-summer fishing season, walleyes are spreading out and crappies can be difficult to find as they roam deeper water and “hide” deep into the weeds. This is a great time to
The perch and the walleye: Same family, (very) distant relatives
Bob Zink
August 25, 2025
Although my professional career has involved figuring out how populations and species are evolutionarily related to one another, I’d never stopped to think about perch and walleyes – other than the countless times I’ve discussed
