Tips & Features
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Opening day walleyes, the countdown begins
As I am writing this we have only 12 days until opener. Mother Nature definitely got to work in the past couple of weeks. The ice is nearly gone, with some still barely remaining on
Steve Carney: Spring crappie fishing… when docks and shorelines shine
Recent up-and-down weather has made shore fishing for panfish a hit-and-miss affair in Minnesota. One day it’s 80 degrees followed by two days in the 40s or low 50s. Because of these temperature fluctuations, I’m
How to fish those tricky, multi-species jerkbaits
Technological advances have left no aspect of fishing untouched. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is a conversation for another day, but jerkbaits are a classic example of this evolution.
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Want to apply for a big-game hunt in the Northeast? Here’s what to know
Scott Comfort was logging in online to check the results of the annual Maine moose permit drawing last year when he got the news from a friend who beat him to the technological punch.
Spring’s ‘full-contact’ white bass fishing worth battling the crowds on Wisconsin’s Wolf, Fox rivers
If there’s one event in Wisconsin that’s likely to draw a bigger crowd than a playoff game at Lambeau Field or opening day at American Family Field, it just might be the spring white bass
From dull to deadly: Mastering fillet knife sharpening
A fillet knife is an entity unto itself when it comes to cutting blades. That’s because the blade itself is thin so the angle of bevel on that blade is a very tight angle, anywhere
Here’s the 2026 outlook for Minnesota’s Great 8 walleye lakes
Minnesota anglers are starting to feel it now.
The state’s walleye and pike opener is less than two weeks away. While many anglers will get out onto small bodies of water in the early
Tom Pink: Cacophony or euphony? Sounds of the turkey woods
Turkey hunters use a variety of words to describe the sights and sounds of morning arriving in the woods and fields. Hushed. Peaceful. Beautiful. Inviting. Exciting.
How about this word: cacophony or cacophonous. That’s
C.B. Bylander: Oh, the perils of competitive fishing
When Rob Drieslein asked me to write a monthly column for Outdoor News, he advised me to focus on hook-and-bullet issues.
I did that in my first three columns. This time is different. Today,
