Fishing
Mike Schoonveld: BoatUS membership comes in handy when needed
I backed my boat down the launch ramp one predawn morning, guided by the lights on my trailer, the ambient lights in the area, and a pale sliver of moon overhead. I’d done it hundreds
Here’s what to focus on for finding June walleyes
June in the underwater world of the Minnesota walleye screams “transition time!”
It’s when the yearly fishing cycle sees schools of walleyes across Minnesota adapt from their spring (April and May) locations to their
Rare lake sturgeon sampled in Nebraska after 681-mile swim
Fisheries biologists for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were collecting paddlefish for a study this spring when a large and rare fish for Nebraska showed up in the net.
A 70-pound lake sturgeon
Superior National Forest restricts campfire use within Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Due to continued dry conditions and wildfire danger conditions, the Superior National Forest is issuing an Emergency Forest Order for campfire restrictions effective June 6, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
June is when these fishing gems shine in Michigan’s Oakland County
If you look at a map of Michigan’s Oakland County in the southeast Lower, you’ll see that it’s pockmarked with dozens of lakes. Most of them are ringed with houses and cottages, often called bedroom
Popular Hot Waters boat launch on Lake Erie renovated and ready for use in Lorain, Ohio
To say that Fran Stack, a lifelong Lorain resident and ardent walleye angler, was excited to see the Hot Waters boat launch reopen would be kind of an understatement.
When the City of
‘Match the hatch’ for hellgrammite patterns
The eastern hellgrammite continues to cause a stir. The growing interest makes me think back to the Gapen hellgrammite, a jig body with rubber strands sticking out, the first set exaggerated in length. He sold
Steve Carney: Think green for June cabbage crappies
It is amazing how just a week of unseasonably warm weather changes everything.
After a run of average weather for weeks in Minnesota with the water temperatures lagging behind recent springs, now suddenly the
Efforts to revive muskie waters in full swing across Minnesota
Minnesota’s muskellunge season opens statewide June 6, while anglers and fishery managers scrutinize a new long-range plan to restore trophy fishing in the state.
Historically, Minnesota waters ranked among the best muskie fisheries in
