Tips & Features
Ice fishing tip: Catching late-season crappies you didn’t know existed
Find lush, green cabbage and coontail vegetation during late ice, and high-rising, slab crappies and aggressive bluegills may be nearby.
Migration madness signals the heart of the birdwatching season
And thanks to technology, we now have access to more bird movement information than ever.
As peak spring migration looms, ‘Seek’ new nature game apps and tools
Clever new apps pique interest in the out-of-doors via smartphones for kids and adults alike.
Pondering fishing’s grand questions between ice and open-water seasons
Considering piscatorial uncertainties like … Can walleyes and other species learn? What are the most common angling mistakes? And what is “fishing history”?
Help bluebirds and other native birds via the Sparrow Swap
Research program uses volunteer citizen scientists to monitor status of invasive house sparrows in North America.
Ice-fishing tip: Knowing when not to practice catch-and-release
Releasing fish helps protect the resource… except when it kills even more fish
Aggressive crappies and sunfish through the hard water of March
As northern pike and walleye season wraps up on Minnesota’s inland waters, the author turns his focus to some of the best fishing of the year: late-ice panfish.
Gun dog tips: Thinking ahead to spring puppy-purchasing season
In the market for a new bird dog this spring? Start researching bloodlines now.
Managing sights and sounds during the heart of hard-water angling
Ice fishing during winter’s coldest days demands complete attention to detail to increase your hookset odds.
