Tips & Features
Ryan Rothstein: Looking to burn? Here’s what you need to know
In my May 30 column, I made the case for fire being a critically underutilized tool when it comes to whitetail habitat management, particularly on private lands.
While I laid out why burning is
Reload your own straight-wall cartridges
It has been said that straight-walled cartridges can be a challenge to reload. I have experienced no reason to feel this way. I enjoy reloading them more than shouldered cartridges.
For those willing to
Oak Duke: Desperately seeking the right trout water
Nothing quite like the feeling of having a good fish on.
But was it a fluke?, No pun intended. Who wants to catch just one fish? Sometimes trout will hit a fly, we mumble,
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
