Tips & Features
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Catchin’ crappies in fall
Fall fishing patterns for crappies are developing in west-central Minnesota. Crappies are outside deep weedlines and are now suspending in basins. My rod of choice is a 7-foot ultra-light rod with a fast action. I
Both these Pocono twin creeks shine in the fall for Pennsylvania trout fishing
You gotta love two trout streams that are so similar in character and so close in proximity there’s no problem fishing both during the same day.
These twins are in Monroe and Pike counties,
Here’s how to approach your new pup’s first season as a duck retriever
There’s an interesting culture around duck hunting. It’s one of those pursuits in which there aren’t a lot of passive, weekend-warrior types. I guess in that way, it’s kind of like MMA fighting, or rock
The joy of catching fall pike and preparing them for the pickling jar
Northern pike go by all sorts of derisive nicknames, and their emergence from the summertime depths can draw reactions like a child with high hopes for that last Christmas gift, only to tear open a
The one thing you can bank on in hunting? Success is not guaranteed
Anytime a hunter heads into the woods, the outcome of the hunt is never known.
Savvy hunters wishing to put the odds in their favor spend hours preseason scouting their favorite hunting areas. They know
Al Lindner: There’s much to love about fishing the heart of October
October is officially here, and with it comes a slew of activities.
Football season, hunting (of various types), and a number of other fall-related happenings take precedence over time on the water for many.
Be willing to move stand locations this season to fill more deer tags
A friend owns several hundred acres of land and, insists on hunting from the same tree stand every season. Sometimes he’s successful; sometimes he’s not.
In my opinion, the times he fails to
Ryan Rothstein: Don’t sleep on October cold fronts
The more things change, the more things stay the same, or so the phrase goes. While I’m not necessarily a subscriber to that philosophy, there’s no doubt it rings true for certain aspects of the
Oak Duke: The dreaded October lull; what is it?
Myth or reality? Each and every whitetail archery season during October, bowhunters report a lull, or slow time when activity and deer, mainly buck sightings, drop off.
Some bowhunters even quit hunting, saying, “I’ll
