Tips & Features
Why it might be best to wait a bit for early-ice panfish
Deer season is nearly behind most of us, and thoughts of ice fishing get the blood flowing.
You know the days: just a few inches of clear, black ice with sunfish twirling below and
Steve Carney: What was behind a disappointing Minnesota duck hunting season?
The 2023 waterfowling season mercifully came to an end last weekend.
This season rates as one of the toughest I have ever experienced, and I worked about as hard as possible to harvest the
Bass on ice: Smallmouth and largemouth don’t have to be strictly an open-water target
It’s no secret that bass are a fan-favorite throughout most of the freshwater scene – but what about ice fishing, more-specifically? We see their dominant presence during open water, and they sure appear to be
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Take a walk for early-season walleyes
No ice angler would dispute that traveling to suitable fishing locations on a lake is easiest via snowmobile, ATV, pickup, etc., but during the early season, traveling by foot is not only safest, but also
Here’s how to cut down on the number of wounded roosters you lose
If there was a contest between upland birds across the country to determine which species has the strongest will to survive, first place would go to the pheasant. Quail, grouse of various varieties, prairie chickens,
Video: Bow bucks from South Dakota and Minnesota a product of adjusting within bedding cover
I showed up for a short out-of-state bowhunt in South Dakota on the afternoon of Nov. 7 and did a drive around the small property I had gained permission on.
Most of my planning
The tried and true shotgun for deer still fits
Data gathered by the Ohio Division of Wildlife suggested 66% of deer hunters carried shotguns during the 2015 regular gun season. Though not recent data, the number interested me at the time, what with 2015
Is that old spinning reel worth saving?
While (sort of) nibbling away at the inside of my cheek, I also mulled a spinning reel’s exterior workings.
The mental debate became whether the reel was salvageable or disposable. It happens eventually with
Strategic (devious) plan nets big fish while on family vacation
My wife says our vacations are always fishing trips. Wrong!
Obviously, she forgot the times our fall vacations took us to South Dakota for ducks and pheasants, or the time we went down to
