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By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Proposed regulations designed to halt the spread of the VHS virus into other New York State waters are identical to the emergency rules put in place last month. And while a public comment period on the proposed regulations will run from Dec. 6-Jan. 22, DEC officials have already heard
When my grandsons catch a bluegill 7 inches or longer, it seldom swims another day. Catch and release? Save your breath.
The boys haven’t yet read stories by the immortal humorist Patrick F. McManus, but their thinking aligns with his comment in “Kerplunk,” one of his 2007 stories: “I remember only one fellow who practiced catch-and-release. He was eventually nabbed, I think, and placed in an institution.” Therefore, I paused July 4 when my grandson Connor Switzer, 8, agreed without comment to release a 7-½-inch bluegill with an ugly scar and dime-sized hole in its back.
Whoa! It’s finally here: the 2026 Minnesota walleye fishing opener.
Every year is different, which makes it fun and challenging. Ice-out dates, daily temperatures, the spawning schedule, and other unforeseen variables can make it difficult to catch a Mother’s Day meal of fresh walleyes. With a few simple tips in your pocket, however, we’ll find success!
Rivers and lakes are natural attractions for kids of all ages and are especially enticing to youngsters who enjoy toting a fishing rig and worm bucket.
John Peterson of Bemidji, Minn., was one of those kids.
“Like it did for many kids back in the day, my passion for fishing started in the early 1950s when I was 5 years old, when my mother would bring us to a dock on the Mississippi River not too far from our house on the east side of Bemidji,” Peterson recalled.
Minnesota’s early ice-fishing season so far has been rather lackluster. I’ve been fishing secondary spots close to shore while unable to get to some of the midlake structure that’s normally preferred.
Fishing near-shore breaklines is fairly easy to figure out, and my basic strategy seems to work. Here’s how I do it.
