Tips & Features
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Top early season walleye action
One of the best ways to catch some early season walleyes is casting to them in shallow water. Water has been slow to warm with our cold and windy spring in Minnesota, so spot-tail shiners
Mike Schoonveld: Are you respooling your fishing reels often enough?
As an angler who spends a lot of time on the Great Lakes, I have more fishing reels than most. Accordingly, I spend a lot of time removing old line and respooling with new.
How to catch ice-out lake trout in north country
Ice-out is over in Minnesota but still underway in northwestern Ontario, and for many anglers, that means it is time to catch lake trout. These deep-water denizens will start to move a bit shallower as
Here are your post-opener essentials for Minnesota’s stream trout
Among my many and various flaws, I will count among the worst my acute impatience with the “shoulder” seasons of the year. Fall, when the boats are put away and the ice is still too
Southwest Minnesota’s new ‘Hunt for Hope’ organization looking for kids to serve
There’s a new nonprofit organization in Minnesota focused on giving kids a great hunting or fishing adventure, and the founders are looking for more kids to serve.
Megan Plete: Sandhills, spring snow, and a Nebraska longbeard
Last month I found myself in a rustic tent camp in the sandhills region of Nebraska with a number of other outdoor media folk from around the country and even Canada. We all came to
Jeremiah Haas: The conclusion of a failed turkey hunt
We started this story in the last issue of Illinois Outdoor News – the one highlighting the importance of sharing examples of failure, along with examples of success.
Going into 2026, I had decided
The best turkey tip I ever got…
If you were lucky enough to cut your teeth on turkey hunting in the 1990s-era Midwest, your glasses are rose-colored – for good reason.
Turkey populations were booming, expanding into new areas and bolstered
Mid-may is prime-time for steelhead along Minnesota’s North Shore
As the calendar hits mid-May you don’t have to be told that thousands of Minnesota anglers’ focus is on walleyes. But the entire month also offers prime-time, top-notch fly fishing for migrating steelhead along Minnesota’s
