Metro Area Fishing Report – June 15, 2025 – video
Matt Johnson
June 15, 2025
Fish are trying to move into summer patterns but still playing hooky.
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Beat the lake chaos with a deeper understanding of river fishing
Joe Albert
June 15, 2025
It’s easy to find solitude on the lake in the spring. Ditto the fall, especially as the calendar flips closer to winter. But summer? Better be prepared to either deal with the traffic resulting from
Part one of Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River”
Ernest M. Hemingway
June 14, 2025
Editor’s note: For subscribers searching for some leisurely reading during the long days of summer, Outdoor News is reprinting a seminal piece of American literature. Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River” marks its centennial in 2025,
Flop of a fishing trip becomes quest for Lucky ‘Stones’ from a sheephead
Joe Shead
June 13, 2025
I recently renewed an old childhood tradition of fishing the white bass spawning run in central Wisconsin.
Picture it: You’ve got Lake Winnebago, which is about the size of Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs, plus
Federal officials vow to reverse mining ban in Boundary Waters watershed
Eric Morken
June 12, 2025
Via social media on Wednesday, June 11, Trump administration officials declared they would initiate the process to reverse a 20-year mining moratorium on the Rainy River watershed surrounding the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in
Minnesota DNR extends comment period on muskie plan to June 30 after correcting technical issue
DNR Report
June 12, 2025
People can now share their thoughts on a draft update of the state’s long-range plan for muskellunge through Monday, June 30.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources extended the deadline for comments on the
Red River’s lake sturgeon in Minnesota show signs of spawning
Natalie Ryder
June 12, 2025
The Red River’s lake sturgeon restoration effort is seeing fruits of its labor with signs of spawning taking place after decades of work.
Reports of lake sturgeon in the Red River date back to
Streams of Thought: More anglers turned away at border crossings as Canada ‘digs in its heels’ in regards to AIS prevention
Tim Spielman
June 12, 2025
As the wily veteran of nearly 30 international border crossings into Ontario over the past few decades, I could probably impress Canada’s border agents by asking myself the questions that more than likely they’ll ask
Minnesota DNR doubtful about stocking sturgeon into Lake Minnetonka
Natalie Ryder
June 12, 2025
Founder of the Westonka Walleye Program, Johnny Range, has spent the past 12 years fundraising and annually stocking 8- to 13-inch walleyes in Lake Minnetonka.
As he plans to continue doing that work, he’s
