
Fishing tips: locating and catching spring crappies before the water warms
Use your electronics to locate and catch spring crappies before they move into shallow water areas.

Use your electronics to locate and catch spring crappies before they move into shallow water areas.

A reminder to trout anglers to enjoy a classic lure, or at least the concept behind it, during one of the most enjoyable times of the year to be trout fishing.

They know the rivers intimately, know what works and what doesn’t.

It’s all about giving the future generation (and anglers of all ages) the knowledge they need to learn something new and spend more time outdoors.

Sometime in the late 1970s or ’80s the weeds began to get thicker and the rocky shoals where we found walleyes were now engulfed in thick weeds. This had to impact the walleyes spawning in

With the Minnesota trout opener looming on April 15, DNR Fisheries crews were planting thousands of rainbows in the south-metro coldwater fishery.

Often organized by a handful of dedicated volunteers, these banquets raise money not only for the organization itself, but often to support funding for local programs and projects.

I’ve encountered them before, but not often. A few years back, after an evening archery hunt, I found one slowly making its way along the ground, and because porcupines walk flat-footed and slow, I had

Got open-water fishing fever? Grab some live bait, and set the hook into massive common carp, suckers and catfish.
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