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Contributing Editor If it weren’t for the muskie, a good case could be made for the smallmouth bass as the state fish. Smallies are native to more waters than muskies. Pound-for-pound, they fight as hard.

It’s been a lovely April. Lovely, that is, if you have lots of work to do. I have a rapidly approaching book deadline and piles of logs that must become firewood. The rain is incessant

While these grant-in-aid trails closed to snowmobiles April 1, they’re always off-limits to ATVs. Much of the snowmobile trails is on private land, only open to snowmobiles during winter months. ATV riders can contact their

To reserve tickets for the dinner, call the MOHA office at (763) 566-6098. Tickets are $100 per couple or $75 for individuals.

Tim Brastrup, DNR area fisheries supervisor in Brainerd, said these people could be doing irreparable harm to water bodies. The fish species stocked may be incompatible with the fish community of the receiving water, he

Northern pike are often overlooked on opening weekend, as walleyes in Minnesota anyway are the coveted prize. But the hair-raising jolt of the strike and the strenuous battle that often ensues leave little doubt that

The declaration will be in effect until the elevation of Big Stone Lake has remained below 970 feet mean sea level for three consecutive days. At that point, a declaration will be made lifting the

Tribal harvest accelerates Isle, Minn. While the snow and cold may have put an unexpected twist into the spring season, ice-out on most northern fisheries continues to progress. The shorelines of Lake Mille Lacs opened

Madison Sportsmen voting at the April 9 spring hearings rejected the “one-buck” idea and a ban on group hunting for bucks, but they widely supported plans to limit the size of sturgeon spearing holes and