
MN Daily Update: A lure that works but doesn’t get used much anymore
There’s a lure that used to be popular for pulling bass out of vegetation but it hardly gets used anymore. Tim Lesmeister explains what it is and how to use it.

There’s a lure that used to be popular for pulling bass out of vegetation but it hardly gets used anymore. Tim Lesmeister explains what it is and how to use it.

With wild turkeys now firmly established in the state and hunting for them as popular as ever, the Minnesota DNR is placing more emphasis on monitoring turkey populations. Hunters have an opportunity to assist in

Tim Lesmeister and Rob Drieslein start the show remembering their friend and one of Minnesota’s leaders on the state fishing scene, Tom Neustrom, 77, who died on Sunday, July 5. Then regular guest Tony Peterson

I love how mainstream birding is these days. Thanks to the pandemic and the Merlin app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which identifies birds for you, more people than ever have access to birding information.<br

You could argue that Rice Lake in Paynesville is one of, if not the most, productive and popular fishing lakes in Stearns County. Its reputation as a consistent yearround, multi-species fishery is long-standing, justified, and

We’re in the hot-summer fishing season right now, and it will last until around Labor Day. This is the time when speed and size come into play.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the July 10, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the July 10, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Through the years I have used probably a dozen brands of reels ranging in price from $50 to $175, and few have impressed me. The problem with the modern spinning reels of today is that
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