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Remembering, and Memorializing, Slain Game Wardens

The Minnesota DNR on Monday formally dedicated a memorial to three Minnesota game wardens killed more than 70 years ago. The memorial is at the DNR’s regional office in New Ulm. More than 80 conservation

Finding, and Catching, Your Own Fish

Anglers I respect always recommend choosing your spots before you arrive at a lake, and I agree. There’s an old saying that still works for me: “Find your own fish and fish them.” Via lake

Fishing cranks up; legislative logjam continues

Well, this should be a slow time of year, now that the legislative session has ended. But the reality is that lawmakers spent five months without accomplishing a whole lot on the natural resources front.

Fine points on color and action

Color is definitely a factor when fishing. I see it on rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, everywhere I wet a line. Walleyes, especially, have preferred food sources, depending on the environment they live in and what’s

Take a ride fishing in a kayak

Fish in Minnesota can grow pretty big but the vast majority of them lack the size and strength to pull an average fishing boat any significant distance. It’s really too bad. Some of the best

Crowd gathers in St. Paul to celebrate 80 years of Bob Lessard

A healthy, bipartisan (maybe tri-partisan) crowd turned out Wednesday evening to mark the 80th birthday of the Old Trapper himself, Bob Lessard. Attendees included leaders of state conservation groups, DNR staffers, Bob’s family, buddies like

Anglers taking their sweet time buying fishing licenses

Minnesota fishing license sales through the Monday after opening weekend are lagging behind previous years. As of Monday this week, the DNR had sold 344,189 fishing licenses, compared with 435,270 at the same time last

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