
MN Daily Update: A great topwater bite for largemouth bass right now
Tim Lesmeister has been catching a lot of largemouth bass on topwater lures lately despite waters not cooling off yet overall. Here’s what he’s been catching them on.

Tim Lesmeister has been catching a lot of largemouth bass on topwater lures lately despite waters not cooling off yet overall. Here’s what he’s been catching them on.

The Minnesota DNR released its 2026 August roadside survey results, and the numbers bode well for ring-necked pheasant hunting this fall. Tim Lesmeister and Rob Drieslein break it all down. Then Sharon “The Birdchick” Stiteler

Yes, fall is in the air. Each morning you feel it, don’t you? This is good news for the trout angler.
Brown trout and brook trout spawn in the fall and they are putting

Minnesota’s fish, wildlife, and public lands belong to all Minnesotans. The decisions we make about how we steward resources today will have consequences long after any of us avid outdoorsmen and women are gone. I

I have a somewhat fraught relationship with late-summer walleyes.
The dog-day routine of dawn and dusk flurries of activity and the sometimes slow approach necessary on clear natural lakes… trolling leadcore along the basin

Minnesota faces an estimated annual shortage of about 10,000 gallons, or 80,000 pounds, of golden shiner, a popular baitfish. Imports of live baitfish are prohibited because they can introduce aquatic invasive species, fish diseases, parasites

Is it possible for a lake to have too many bluegills and largemouth bass in it? When it comes to Beltrami County’s Balm Lake, the answer would be yes – at least from a historical
A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Minnesota published in the Sept. 11, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Ducks will always have my heart, but chasing Canada geese gets me fired up. There is nothing like big Canadas on a migration day. Those are the days that I look forward to more than
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