Minnesota Confirms Invasive Carp
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Minnesota Confirms Invasive Carp

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 […]

Cabbage Crappie Patterns
Panfish Fishing

Cabbage Crappie Patterns

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 […]

Mille Lacs walleye quota busted
Walleye Fishing

Mille Lacs walleye quota busted

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 […]

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Gun News

Your NRA-ILA Daily Alert 3-16-2016

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 […]

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Fishing Tips

Are You Aiming for the Oxygen

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 […]

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Small Game Hunting

2015 Pheasant Hunting Forecast

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 […]

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Top Fishing Headlines

NORTHERN PIKE ON WALLEYE GEAR

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 […]

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Ice Fishing

Across the Ice Belt TV: Ice Team (video)

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 […]

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Ice Fishing

Clam Outdoors™ Partners With Outdoor News, Inc. To Honor Outstanding Youth and Youth Organizations

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 […]

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WI DNR Board approves statewide trout and panfish proposals

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.

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Walleye Fishing

Where walleye is king

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 […]

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Pitch Those Plastic Baits Properly

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 […]

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Ice Fishing

7 Ways to catch more panfish

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 […]

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Fishing Tips

Catch’em When They Don’t Bite

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 […]

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Hunting News

Hunting Works for America Expands Again

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 […]

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Minnesota Muskies Growing Huge

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 […]

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Walleye Fishing

On Mille Lacs, who’s eating who

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 […]

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Aquatic Invasive Species Campaign

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 […]

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Asian Carp to Be Renamed in Minnesota

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 […]

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Walleye Fishing

Be At The Right Level For More Fish

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 […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Minnesota Fish Kill

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 […]

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Ice Fishing

Championship Custom Jigs & Spins

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 […]

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Predator Hunting

Minnesota’s wolf population remains strong

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 […]

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Predator Hunting

Minnesota releases wolf hunting, trapping plans

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 […]