
Metro Area Fishing Report – December 29, 2024 – video
We are finding fish sliding more into their “winter” patterns and we’re catching them some in fun ways. Here are a handful of key takeaways from the past several days.

We are finding fish sliding more into their “winter” patterns and we’re catching them some in fun ways. Here are a handful of key takeaways from the past several days.

Some traumas are impossible to forget. The case of my late great-aunt’s Christmas goose is one of those such episodes.
Let me explain. Christmas with my feral Irish clan has always been a wild

Ice on a lake doesn’t freeze all at once – it sputters and hesitates and then the edges stiffen. Whole-lake ice formation comes from the slow dance of rearranging water molecules.
Lake ice always

Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before.
Whelan was out with

Because I can actually remember what was for supper last night, I’ll take a shot at recounting some of my favorites – and some bonus annoyances – from the outdoors scene during 2024. It is,

If you’re looking to fill your buck tag before the archery season ends Dec. 31, you’re going to want to set up in a fresh stand, observe as much as you can, and then think

Some of the new products introduced earlier this month at the annual St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show.

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday, Dec. 24: It officially became the country’s national bird.

With a basic bowl-shape design, mostly featureless structure, and a maximum depth of 32 feet, Lake George in Anoka County is a pretty easy lake to figure out.
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