Fishing
Steve Carney: A good day guiding on a new lake
I was nervous sitting at the boat launch wondering how I was going to pull a rabbit out of my hat. My clients had just bought a cabin on one of the lakes in the
Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR law enforcement partners increase impaired boater patrols this weekend
Minnesota DNR conservation officers and their public safety partners will be conducting Operation Dry Water July 3-5. The annual nationwide campaign highlights the dangers of boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and calls
Proposed Federal data tracking plan on public lands raises red flags for some
Federal natural resource agencies are accepting public comment on a proposal to increase public land user data tracking in 40 different pilot locations across the U.S. But members of the outdoors community find some of
Minnesota anglers battle ‘goofy’ spring weather to get on a solid bite this year
Like most open water fishing seasons, assessments from anglers, guides, and others dialed into the Minnesota fishing scene are offering mixed reviews for the front half of the 2026 campaign.
From that first cast
New Senate Farm Bill draft would ‘modernize’ the CRP
In what has been anticipated for weeks, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), chairman of the Senate committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released a federal farm bill draft with language in it that conservation officials say
Mike Schoonveld: Can anglers aid in a solution for plastic pollution?
Twenty-two million pounds of plastic waste enter the Great Lakes each year. About half sinks to the lake bottoms, where some of it will likely remain until a future glacier reshapes the lakebeds during the
Steve Pollick: Return trip to Alaska brings back great memories
It is at once mesmerizing and therapeutic to sit by the sea and just…Be.
Listen to the crash and hiss of the surf, breathe in the earthy-briny-sulphury ethers in the salt air, watch the
Funding challenges threaten future as 2026 surveys begin on Michigan’s lakes, rivers
Michigan anglers casting for bass, walleye or other fish this summer may occasionally notice biologists and technicians launching specialized boats equipped with nets and other equipment.
It’s not a covert operation – it is
Don’t miss the whitefly hatch for bass and trout in Pennsylvania
When I first scanned Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River below Selinsgrove, I was as mad as heck. Someone, I thought, had dumped white paint, or some milky substance, on the river. The pollution covered a wide backwater,
