The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the capture of a bighead carp (pictured above) and two silver carp, and detection of a third, tagged silver carp, within the past several weeks. The bighead […]
Midsummer panfish patterns often become overlooked by some anglers as bass and walleye seasons open across the Midwest. Minnesota angler Tony Mariotti is widely renowned for his knack for finding panfish through the season and […]
With the Minnesota Walleye Fishing Opener only a few days away I thought this would be a good time to share with you all some of my personal favorite Rapala baits that I use and […]
The Whitefish Chain of Lakes, covering more than 14,000 acres of Crow Wing County, is made up of 13 waterbodies dominated by Upper and Lower Whitefish, Big Trout, Rush, Cross and Daggett lakes. A number […]
Noted fishing personality and promoter Chip Leer of Fishing the WildSide will host the inaugural Kraus-Anderson Walleyes On Ice fishing tournament on Lake Minnetonka out of Spring Park, Minnesota, Feb. 11, 2017. Produced by the […]
Story by the Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau. It’s all but official: Lake of the Woods is about to break its old record for the biggest eelpout ever officially weighed in Minnesota. Brent Getzler, […]
Leech Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, is among sportfishing’s crown jewels in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Third in size only to Red Lake and Mille Lacs, Leech’s 110,000 acres offer a diverse landscape of […]
The Fishing Hall of Fame of Minnesota announced its list of 2017 inductees this week, which included Clam Outdoors. As an esteemed organization within the outdoor industry, the Hall of Fame of Minnesota selects three […]
Perhaps the most recognizable and well-respected ice angler ever to press tread against the ice, Brian Bro Brosdahl, has had a front-row seat to the evolution of modern ice fishing innovation. Bro has carved […]
Seth Feider loves catching smallmouth, and he proved it by finishing 1st and 2nd in the last two events of the 2016 BASS Elite Season. Unbelieveably, Feider’s smallmouth averaged over 5lbs. each on Minnesota’s Mille […]
Talking about winning hook, line and sinker – literally. Rapala Pro Seth Feider dominated the 2016 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship, winning on Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake with a drop shot set-up comprising a […]
The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed five new reports of zebra mussels in central Minnesota lakes. Infested waters signs have been posted at DNR accesses on West Battle Lake and Otter Tail Lake in […]
TwinCities Pioneer Press reported – Minnesota anglers have busted through the kill limit for walleye on Lake Mille Lacs, but unlike last year, walleye fishing will remain open, officials announced Tuesday. The decision to keep fishing […]
Minnesota: “Universal” Background Check Legislation Introduced – This past week, state Senator Ron Latz and state Representative Dan Schoen, introduced Senate File 2493 which, if passed, would expand background checks to all sales and transfers […]
Move regularly, change offerings often: you’ll crack midwinter’s code. Imagine your home growing darker by the day, to the point you haven’t seen sunlight in over a month. Moreover, your surroundings are growing colder by […]
Across the Ice Belt, walleyes are biting VMC® baits on deadstick lines and Rapala® Rippin’ Rap®s through jigging holes, report top fishing guides. On Minnesota’s Lake of the Woods, VMC’s new Glow Resin Trebles have […]
Free Shipping On $150 or More. In 1975, a young northwoods fishing guide named John Peterson started pouring jigs and tying tackle for his guiding clients in a small remote cabin in northern Minnesota. The […]
Quality habitat is needed to sustain truly abundant, wild pheasant populations. But from year to year, pheasants live or die with the weather. Fortunately, many pheasant strongholds in the northern and central plains and the upper Midwest […]
It happened again recently. We had a great plan for catching fish and the fish just didn’t get with the program that we were presenting. We changed our program completely and caught’em: Caught’em good. Here […]
Minnesota sits on the northern fringe of the pheasant range. But ringnecks do just fine in the North Star state. So do ringneck hunters. When upland bird hunters dream of traveling for a pheasant hunt, […]
Growing in popularity, Across the Ice Belt television moves the Ice Team to a broader reach with cable network coverage through Fox Sports-North (Minnesota, Dakotas, Iowa and Western Wisconsin) and Fox Sports-Wisconsin. Starting its third […]
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is celebrating new successes in advancing fair chase hunting following recent decisions in Minnesota and New York to ban the use of drones while hunting and scouting. “These victories attest to […]
Outdoor News, Inc., publisher of locally written fishing and hunting outdoor newspapers in seven Great Lake states, together with Clam Outdoors, announces a program to recognize youth who are excelling in outdoor recreational sports. The […]
Proposals to simplify trout rules, boost panfish populations on roughly 100 lakes statewide and bring consistency to some fishing regulations on Wisconsin waters bordering Minnesota gained approval Wednesday from the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board.
Pro-angler Bill Sutton, of Lindenhurst, Illinois, brought in a two-day total of 46.58 pounds of walleye to win the pro-angler category of the Mississippi River event for the Cabela’s National Walleye Tour (NWT) at Lake […]
One day, Diamond Lake walleye from Central Minnesota might populate southern Minnesota lakes with a strain more suited for those shallow, nutrient-rich waters. Researchers discovered the genetically unique population while unraveling the mystery of Lake […]
I never tossed used plastic baits into the water. It just didn’t make sense to me. They are no more food for fish than the wrapper from peanut butter crackers or a soda can. But […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded almost half a million dollars in grants to 14 states in the East and Midwest that fund nearly three dozen habitat enhancement projects that will benefit not only elk, […]
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says a multi-year investigation has led to the arrest by game wardens of a Burlington man for importing deer from a chronic wasting disease (CWD) endemic area.¨ Wardens executed […]
Reported 1st By The Star Tribune: Wolves likely have played a bigger role in the decline of northeast Minnesota’s moose population than originally believed, and there’s no evidence yet that climate change has been a […]
Ice expert Bob Bohland offers practical tips that will help you catch more big bluegills, crappies and perch. Bob Bohland spends two-thirds of the year waiting for the ice to return, and when the ice […]
I was on Kabetogama Lake in northern Minnesota a few days ago. Kab is a world-class walleye fishery, and is also really good for perch, crappies, northern pike, and smallmouth bass. We caught a good […]
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, is proud to announce that the Hunting Works For America footprint has grown and now includes a state chapter in Wisconsin. Hunting […]
When Minnesota muskie anglers take to the water this weekend, they’ll be chasing bigger and bigger fish — but apparently less and less of them. That’s the emerging suspicion of state biologists monitoring populations on […]
No fish species eating dinner in Lake Mille Lacs ordered walleye as more than a side dish last year. That’s one bit of information — preliminary and full of disclaimers — emerging more than a […]
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota share many of the same boaters and anglers – now they’re sharing the same message to help protect their iconic waters from aquatic invasive species such as Eurasian water-milfoil, zebra mussels […]
The Minnesota state senate Monday approved a measure that would rename the undesirable fish “invasive carp.” It’s a response to concern that the current term casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light. Senators […]
When it comes to fishing success, in open water or through the ice, there are a few basic things you need to do. Probably the most important thing is finding the fish. You can’t catch’em […]
Reported 1st by the StarTribune: This year the sweet smell of spring will include the stench of rotting fish — thanks to a remarkably long, cold and snowy winter. Some two dozen lakes in central […]
The Coastal Program is a voluntary, incentive based program that provides technical and financial assistance to coastal communities and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. The Coastal […]
With less than ideal post-frontal conditions, seventy-five teams of the nation’s best ice anglers scoured the southern bays of famed Minnesota fish factory Lake Mille Lacs for winning panfish this past weekend, sometimes fishing elbow […]
The wolf population remains firmly established on Minnesota’s landscape, according to a comprehensive population survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The latest survey results estimate that within Minnesota’s wolf range there were […]
A patient 12-year-old boy has the story of a lifetime to tell following a weekend hunt last Saturday, November 3. Dylan Beach-Bittner of Motley, Minnesota took a nearly 30-point buck known around his community as […]
Minnesota will offer 6,000 hunters and trappers a chance at taking 400 wolves when the state holds its first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season this fall, the Department of Natural Resources announced Monday. The […]
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