
MN Daily Update: Fishing a modified drop shot for smallmouths
Here is a new technique that is patterned off of the drop-shot rig that will help you catch more smallmouth bass when you want to cover some ground.

Here is a new technique that is patterned off of the drop-shot rig that will help you catch more smallmouth bass when you want to cover some ground.

Could a recent Outdoor News letter-to-the-editor writer have been correct? Was the spring so dry (and dew-free) that it affected pheasant production?
Stuart Thompson, of Fergus Falls, wrote the letter in our July 14

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 21, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

The Minnesota DNR has named Donald Belange, a Hoyt Lakes resident, as the 2022 volunteer firearms safety instructor of the year.
Belange has been a volunteer instructor for 23 years. In that time, he’s
A mix of outdoor-related news stories from across Minnesota published in the July 21, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

The Wisconsin DNR in June decided that its recommendations to that state’s Natural Resources Board would not include opening a portion of the St. Croix River to a year-round game fish season. Now, the Minnesota

Thirty-five Minnesota communities received a collective $2.4 million boost in their ability to protect urban forests thanks to funding provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission

I’m still suffering from a major walleye hangover after a recent trip to North Dakota’s Devils Lake. What a fishery! I rate this lake on par with some of Minnesota’s renowned lakes. Walleyes are numerous

Minnesotans looking to hunt or fish in Wisconsin may have to pay a little bit more for nonresident licenses. Here are the details.
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