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Fly-Tying: Here are the tools of the trade
It really depends on how old you, and the sum of shekels in your pocket, as to what you’ll take away from this story.
If you’re 12 and under, you’ll likely get one set

Minnesota Pro Tip of the Week: Time to clean rods, tackle before spring
By time of the year, I’ve hung up my ice-fishing gear and am getting my tackle ready for the open-water season. While it’s still cold outside, I like to sit in my garage and take

A new turkey call might be just what’s needed to get that gobbler to sound off
I think turkey calls are a lot like guitars. A good guitar player can coax a sweet sound out of any decent guitar. And a good turkey caller knows how to run a call.

Loggers come to the little cabin
I had been dreading this day. Approximately 50 acres of the little cabin property is enrolled in the Managed Forest Law (MFL) program.

Spring river walleyes: Six things you should know
When it comes to catching river walleyes, nothing is more important than water visibility.

Strategies for spring steelhead on Lake Erie tributaries
By the time spring comes around, the fish have spent months with fewer food sources, and most have released a major portion of their energy during the spawning process. Adding to the challenge for anglers

De-extincting the Great Lakes blue pike may be worth looking at
Blue pike were most abundant in Lake Erie but they could be caught in Lake Huron and Lake Ontario as well and occasionally in the Niagara, Detroit, and St. Clair rivers. Blue pike closely were

Quadruplet brothers from Wisconsin each spear a sturgeon
Quadruplet brothers from Greenville, Jack, Riley, Sam, and Evan O’Connell, all age 21, went four-for-four on sturgeon spearing this year on Lake Poygan. One sturgeon is among the heaviest ever seen from Lake Poygan.

Take this primer on wild mushroom hunting before hitting the woods
This time of year can be almost overwhelming with the number of pursuits it has to offer. Soon, thousands of people around the state will be hunting the elusive morel mushroom, and many for the