Metro Area Fishing Report – July 5, 2026 – video
Matt Johnson
July 5, 2026
Things are drastically warming up and patterns are changing.
Minnesota
Nature Smart: Charismatic pileateds
Stan Tekiela
July 5, 2026
In the bird world, a few birds really stand out. They stand out so much that even non-birders can identify them or at least are familiar with the species. The peregrine falcon is a good
How whitetail bucks pull off one of the great regeneration tricks in nature
Outdoor News
July 5, 2026
Around 20 million years ago, the first members of the cervidae family hit the scene.
These early ancestors were a far cry from the modern whitetails they’d eventually become, but one thing they did
A decade of research offers insight into Minnesota’s fisher populations
Justin Runberg
July 4, 2026
Concerns about recent population declines in fishers are driving researchers to determine the causes and develop better management practices for the species.
Researchers have studied the furbearer for years through multiple projects examining different
Too many bass anglers employ crankbaits as a last resort
Josh Hagemeister
July 4, 2026
I fish every day, mostly for walleyes because of demands from my clients.
But during a trip or two each week, I get the request for bass – largemouth or smallmouth.
The conversation
Ryan Rothstein: A summer fawn’s potential, a hunter’s optimism
Ryan Rothstein
July 3, 2026
I’m not an optimist by nature. But as deer hunters, every single one of us is prone to bouts of hopefulness, whether we admit it or not. How else do you explain rising before dawn
What’s behind the resurgence of lever-action rifles?
Ron Spomer
July 3, 2026
Lever-action hunting rifles are “hot” because they’re cool again.
Modern westerns like Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, and Yellowstone have raised the lever-action profile. Restrictions on some “AR-style” autoloading rifles for home defense made speedy lever-actions
The Minnesota fish harvest debate: Are we taking more fish than we thought?
Bob Zink
July 3, 2026
Tori McCormick’s June 5 news story in Outdoor News summarized the recent study in the journal of the American Fisheries Society that reported that anglers in Minnesota take home about 80 million pounds of fish
Minnesota’s big border waters contain snappin’ saugers and channel cats
Charles “Turk” Gierke
July 3, 2026
Twenty-six years ago, I learned while fishing the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minn., that top anglers would directly compare their walleye catches to the water level present on the day of said catch.
