
Minnesota outdoors scene loses longtime friend with the passing of Ralph Jon Fritz
A familiar face around the state’s fishing and governor’s opener scene, “Fritzie” hailed from Sleepy Eye, Minn., and even marketed his own fishing lure.

A familiar face around the state’s fishing and governor’s opener scene, “Fritzie” hailed from Sleepy Eye, Minn., and even marketed his own fishing lure.

Want a rewarding hunt? Chase wild roosters on public land during the late-season with a hard-charging dog.

The sport show formally dedicated this year’s 25th anniversary show to Tuma, who’s been a featured seminar speaker at the event since its inception in 1992.
Banquets/Fundraisers Jan. 27, 2018: Red River Valley WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Eagles Club, East Grand Forks. For more info call John Eaton, 218-464-7427. Jan. 27, 2018: Ringnecks Forever Banquet, 5 p.m., Prairie Event Center, Parkers
District 1 – Baudette area CO Eric Benjamin (Warroad) worked big-game, angling, and ATVing enforcement. Several public-land trespass incidents were looked into and are being investigated. CO Nicholas Prachar (Baudette) reports varying ice conditions on
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS Open water could still be seen on the main lake early this week. The bays are ice-covered and have been for more than a week. It’s possible that ATV use

Deer harvest is the talk of deer country this time of year. And now, too, deer rescues, it would seem. A successful rescue of a buck in Maine and an incident involving eight deer on

A supportive environment of fellow women is the backdrop for a workshop that embraces cold and snow this January with classes about sled-dog mushing, dark-house fishing, birding, archery hunting and other ways to get outdoors,

The new regulations on inland waters will be in effect starting March 1; however, fishing for northern pike is not allowed on these waters until the fishing opener on Saturday, May 12.
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