
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Unusual uptick in phones dropped into Lake of the Woods
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Feb. 14, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Feb. 14, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Most ice anglers these days are “flasher” people while on the ice. We’ve spent countless hours learning the good and bad of using flashers to mark fish, and we’ve become mostly comfortable with their use.<br

Three individuals and two organizations will be enshrined by the Fishing Hall of Fame of Minnesota in 2025. Inductees in the Individual Legends category are Jimmy Bell, Don Pursch, and Jon Thelen. In addition, Nesheim

The Duluth Sport Show, featuring the latest in boats, RVs, travel destinations, hunting and fishing gear, and other fun and educational features, comes to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center beginning Thursday and continuing through Sunday.

The Minnesota DNR is asking for the public to comment on proposed rules about fishing methods that, if adopted, would go into effect in March of 2026.

Even though the game-fish bite is usually slowing, the panfish bite is heating up. For late-season walleyes, I suggest downsizing to the smallest spoon possible.

Fishing pressure much lighter through recent cold snap. Here’s the Minnesota fishing report from across the state on Feb. 12, 2025.

Ohio’s legion of ice anglers had about a 10-day window of good ice fishing this year.
However, at press time for this edition of Ohio Outdoor News in late January, things were changing quickly.

Since the beginning of “Operation FUTURE” in 1981, Pennsylvania streams having a thriving population of wild trout have been removed from the stocking list. These streams, labeled Class A because of their high trout biomass,
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