Tips & Features
Steve Sarley: We all started with live bait; some of us still tinker
I started fishing with live bait. Didn’t we all? I recall picking fat, wiggly nightcrawlers off of my family’s driveway after a rain.
Nothing better than free bait for a young fisherman, is there?
Flop of a fishing trip becomes quest for Lucky ‘Stones’ from a sheephead
I recently renewed an old childhood tradition of fishing the white bass spawning run in central Wisconsin.
Picture it: You’ve got Lake Winnebago, which is about the size of Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs, plus
Patrick Durkin: Fishing’s rituals, routines build friendships
I only like to go fishing when I’m alone or with somebody. But I’d rather fish alone than go with just anybody.
After all, few situations are more boring or annoying than being confined
Steve Piatt: A magical evening on New York’s Ausable River
A heavy – well, not too heavy, because you don’t want to compete with all those insects – Green Drake hatch is probably the dream of just about every fly fisherman around late May to
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Where are the fish right now?
Lake Minnetonka walleyes are still hanging around the channels. The best time is at dusk. Pick up some leeches and rig them on a plain hook under a slip bobber. After the bass move out,
Steve Carney: A good friend’s close call, and switch to ‘hatchet’ hook pays off
A good friend of mine from high school has been coming to Minnesota to fish with me for more than 20 years. Last week, he was on a plane, coming from his home in Houston
E-bikes change how hunters, anglers reach their spots quickly, cleanly, and quietly
Twenty years ago, when I was in better shape, I bought a mountain bike from a professional mountain bike tour racer. The bike was outfitted with every conceivable off-roading option, including 21-speed gearing, technologically advanced
Summer food plot maintenance: Lime, fertilizer, mowing and more
As spring rains soak the landscape, many perennial food plots produce large amounts of nutritious deer foods. But as desirable food plot species like clover and alfalfa grow, so too does undesirable weeds and grasses.<br
How to handle aging dogs when the heat is on
The condensed lives of hunting dogs are constant reminders of passing seasons. How quickly we go from messing with a fresh puppy to following a prime-age flusher in the field to coddling an old-timer in
