Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Thanks for steelhead support
Minnesota Letters To The Editor
July 24, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 26, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Fishing
A Q&A with Kelly Straka, the Minnesota DNR’s new fish and wildlife director
Tim Spielman
July 24, 2024
Kelly Straka (pronounced STRAW-ka), 45, most recently the DNR’s Wildlife Section manager, began a new role July 4 – that of director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Outdoor News recently compiled a
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Shake, rattle, and roll in more walleyes!
Josh Hagemeister
July 24, 2024
Ramp up your live-bait rig, jig, or spinner rig and boat more walleyes by using more sound. It takes only a second to add a “rattle bead” to any live-bait rig (just above the hook)
Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on July 24, 2024
Staff Report
July 24, 2024
Panfish and bass are keeping anglers busy in most areas. A look at the Minnesota fishing report from across the state on July 24, 2024.
Lake Superior’s cisco boom is creating many big fish
Tori McCormick
July 24, 2024
It’s a good time to be a Lake Superior angler.
Last year, Minnesota DNR fisheries biologists found huge numbers of 1-year-old ciscoes, or lake herring, in their survey nets. It turned out to be
Iowa angler wins grand prize in Midwest Walleye Challenge
DNR Report
July 24, 2024
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) partnered for a third year with MyCatch by Angler’s Atlas to conduct a statewide walleye fishing challenge March 30 through June 30.
Iowa angler Larry Hulsebus was
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – July 23, 2024
Site Staff
July 23, 2024
Deep summer patterns are holding true, but with that being said, things are always changing.
Bass anglers, here’s how to beat the summer heat – video
Site Staff
July 23, 2024
Mid-summer bass fishing can be tough, but when the weather gets hot, so do these five presentations.
Jeff Frischkorn: There’s something about fishing farm ponds
Jeff Frischkorn
July 23, 2024
The black, soft-plastic frog with its pair of sensually undulating rubber legs almost made it safely across a gap in the long-leaf pondweed.
Had the fishing lure completed its journey across the interlocking spatterdock
