Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on April 9, 2025
Staff Report
April 9, 2025
Cool week sustains ice, limits open-water slab bite. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on April 9, 2025.
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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Stream trout fishing opens Saturday
Staff and News Reports
April 9, 2025
Minnesota’s popular stream trout season opens Saturday, April 12, with quality fishing opportunities in every region of the state. Brook trout and splake fishing also open April 12 on Lake Superior and its tributary streams.
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Some thoughts on crossbows in response to Bob Zink piece
Minnesota Letters To The Editor
April 9, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 11, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Outdoor Insights: Rare coaster brook trout discovered spawning in Minnesota waters of Lake Superior
Rob Drieslein
April 9, 2025
Back in 1997, Outdoor News columnist Shawn Perich wrote a piece about efforts by the Grand Portage Band to restore brook trout to Lake Superior tributaries. The piece included a photo of Rick Novitsky, the
Proposal would alter south zone duck season in Minnesota
Tori McCormick
April 9, 2025
A Minnesota DNR proposal that would increase late-season duck-hunting opportunities in the state’s south zone this fall is pending approval by the DNR commissioner’s office.
Under the proposal, the 2025 60-day duck season in
Continuous bass season, shotgun zone on the table as deadline nears in Minnesota
Natalie Ryder
April 9, 2025
Leading up to the omnibus package deadline of Friday, April 11, the Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resource Finance and Policy Committee had heard many bills to potentially include.
During the past two weeks,
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – April 8, 2025
Site Staff
April 8, 2025
On the Rainy River, spring open-water fishing began over a week ago and has started out very good, with some big walleyes being caught and released.
Is another record tom harvest in the cards for Minnesota this spring?
Tim Spielman
April 8, 2025
When Minnesota’s spring turkey season begins on April 16, hunters should expect much of what they experienced a year ago – good bird numbers, unpredictable turkey behavior, and similarly unpredictable spring weather, officials say.
Turkey hunting from a blind is not all about blind luck; here’s how to up your odds
Gene Kroupa
April 8, 2025
Like so many older turkey hunters, my days of wandering the woods trying to strike up a tom are mostly over. As a result, more time is spent patiently sitting in a blind waiting for
