Tips & Features
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: A hot walleye bite on Minnesota’s Rainy Lake
The walleye bite on Rainy Lake on this Minnesota/Canadian border water has been the best it’s been in over 20 years.
Walleye are consistently being caught in 22 to 27 feet of water, with
Patrick Durkin: Alaska delivers rich haul of cold, salmon, halibut
You know you’re meeting catch-and-eat fishermen when their airline baggage includes a bundle of flattened cardboard shipping containers for the return home, and their ratings for local hotels includes whether guests can use their freezers.<br
2025 Great Lakes Region ruffed grouse forecast
Great Lakes states revolves around habitat. The number of acres of older, more mature forests that turkeys might prefer are increasing in public and private forests, while the young forests grouse and many other wildlife
Want more doves? Here’s what to focus on
Dove hunting is something to try at least once. Not to see how good you are at wing shooting, but rather to experience the heritage of hunting as it began for so many of us,
Steve McComas: Summertime thoughts, and questions about Minnesota lakes
It’s the summer season in Minnesota, when there always are plenty of lake questions, along with some observations.
Here are a few from 2025.
Don’t forget about your local stream for summer fishing
One of the great things about living where we do is that you don’t have to look too far in order to find decent stream or river fishing.
Unlike lake or reservoir fishing, stream
Mike Schoonveld: Anglers go coast to coast in same day for great fishing on Michigan’s Great Lakes
I was intrigued when I saw a Facebook post highlighting an unplanned, coast to coast escapade made by three men from Hillsdale, Michigan.
Tim Parker, Mitch Lige, and Mark Sigler are all retired, all
Lean on experience hunting deer when pursuing elk, moose
If you had the option to pick one dream hunt of your choice in North America, what would you pursue?
For some, a spring grizzly hunt in Manitoba might be the first pick. For
A sunrise stealth attack: Here’s how to get your deer stand ready for early-season morning hunts
One of the most prevalent, just-won’t-die myths about bowhunting whitetails is that sitting mornings during the early season is a lost cause.
While you wouldn’t want to cross half a mile of soybeans in
