St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota DNR on Monday said that it has certified a new catch-and-release record lake sturgeon, an 80-inch fish caught by Travis Keating April 18 on the Rainy River in Lake
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 8, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
The Minnesota House of Representatives voted April 27 to remove the sunset on crossbow use, allowing them to remain legal during archery season statewide.
The bill, SF1251, passed 133-0 with bipartisan support. It was presented
Most anglers target lakes once the walleye and northern pike season opens, and Tim Lesmeister says that’s a good thing for people who want to continue to target the Mississippi River.
There might still be some ice floating around on Saturday’s start to the walleye season, but you’ll be opening somewhere along the Canadian border to encounter it.
Even where ice was hanging on early
The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it intends to sue the agency for “illegally denying” Endangered Species Act protections to America’s populations of lake sturgeon. Listen here for details.
This is not a story of a successful habitat restoration. Instead, this is a chronicle of a less-than-totally-successful operation in which, nevertheless, lessons were learned.
In the middle of Crow Wing County, Minn., land
The Minnesota DNR is hosting a public meeting for Lake Mille Lacs fisheries management. Listen here for the details.
I’m getting confused.
Again. Happens every countdown to Minnesota’s famed fishing opener, which is May 9 this year. This is when social media blows up with how-to-catch-walleyes advice ahead of the opener. Fish shallow.
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