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The ice has been gone from the lakes in the Bemidji area for more than a week and anglers are busy getting their boats and fishing gear ready for next...

It would be ideal if everyone who took to the water in a boat or an ice shack was looking for the same experience. Unfortunately, that isn't the case and,...

A ripple spreads when a bobber plops in calm water. Waves of economic impact roll over Minnesota when all its anglers do the same. "Though often perceived as a pleasant...

I recently attended a naturalist-led program about river otters.

The ice went out on the lakes in the Bemidji area this past week, with most lakes only a day or two later than their average ice-out dates. Lake Bemidji...

Minnesota anglers who catch a tagged fish can help support their sport by recording the tag number, fish species, length, site of catch and the date on which it was...

A few mornings ago on one of the few and warm, pleasant mornings that we have been able to enjoy this April, I was assessing the aftermath of winter and...

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials have announced that regulations allowing Upper Red Lake anglers to keep larger walleye after June 15 will be in effect again for the 2011...

Hopefully, that was the last snow storm of the season and the lakes can finally lose their ice so spring can arrive. The latest storm left behind enough snow to...

The Laporte Area Take a Kid Fishing event will be held noon to 5 p.m. June 11 on Garfield Lake and organizers are looking for volunteer guides. Anyone willing to...

I grew quite fond of and became very familiar with two species of birds that many people have either never seen or are aware exist. Each bird rarely makes itself...

High water, cold temperatures and a snowflake or two are expected to greet area anglers who decide to don their waders and hit the streams for Saturday's Minnesota stream trout...

To protect fish spawning areas, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials plan to close certain portions of a number of Minnesota waters to fishing. The closings are routine and based...

The 2011 ice fishing season is over. The ice on the lakes is turning grey and beginning to rot, with the ice pulling away from the shoreline on most lakes...

I spent the first Saturday of April visiting each of my 17 wood duck houses. It was a beautiful day; warm and sunny. Pulling a sled loaded with a bag...