Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – February 11, 2025
Site Staff
February 11, 2025
Most fishing activity is taking place in 26-32 feet of water.
Minnesota
Star Watch: Our moon’s unique landscape
Bob Drieslein
February 10, 2025
Looking at the Moon through binoculars or a telescope reveals a topography that hints of a violent history.
Metro Area Fishing Report – February 9, 2025 – video
Matt Johnson
February 9, 2025
The shallow weed bite continues and focusing on structure is a priority.
Nature Smart: What drives irruptions with bird species?
Stan Tekiela
February 9, 2025
Nature is fluid and adaptive. Once you wrap your head around that simple truth, answering some of nature’s questions becomes easier.
For example, every few years, several bird species such as the common redpoll,
Commentary: Enduring patterns: migrations and hunter harvests
Craig Springer
February 9, 2025
Ancient is our union with woods and waters.
We live in rhythms, circadian and seasonal, granular and in grandeur. Animal migrations are among the most fascinating of rhythmic natural phenomena, some of it well-studied.
Approach carefully with a plan for public-land bunnies
Site Staff
February 8, 2025
It’s easy to be dismissive of hunting where it’s bound to be a challenge, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some good opportunities out there on public land.
One such opportunity that gets almost
Nebraska provides exciting winter waterfowling action
Mark Morrison
February 7, 2025
The 2024 Minnesota waterfowl season left me unsatiated – a feeling that nagged at me until I began planning an out-of-state waterfowling foray.
Just like many other Minnesota waterfowlers, the myriad days of stagnant
Ryan Rothstein: There’s no easy answers when it comes to energy consumption and the impacts on wildlife
Ryan Rothstein
February 7, 2025
Being a longtime Outdoor News subscriber (and perpetually behind in my reading), a few recent stories about wind energy, and the land easements that come with them, got my attention.
They got the wheels
Interested in buying forward-facing sonar? Here’s everything to consider
Steve Heiting
February 7, 2025
Forward-facing sonar (FFS) also is known as live sonar or real-time sonar. Manufactured in some form by all the major players in the sonar industry, it can allow anglers to actually determine the species and
