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BEMIDJI — The Mississippi Headwaters Retriever Club is sponsoring its eighth annual AKC sanction field trials Friday July 12 through Sunday July 14 at the Anderson Gravel Pit south of Solway. The public is invited to watch the trials and there will be no admission fee. The gravel...

Walleye fishing is starting to slow because of the long days and plentiful food in most lakes. The bite can be especially tough when the conditions do not give walleyes an advantage over their prey. There is no reason for walleyes to feed when they do not have the sight advantage...

Summer is finally here, with surface water temperatures reaching the mid 70s in most lakes in the Bemidji area. Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds were again part of the weather pattern this past week. Hopefully there won’t be a repeat of the storms around the Fourth...

Surface water temperatures are approaching 70 degrees in most of the local lakes, which is the point when spring patterns begin to fall apart and summer patterns take over the lakes. The weed beds are still way behind where they usually are by the third week in June. Emergent vegetation...

BEMIDJI — Bemidji State University’s Outdoor Program Center is offering sea kayaking and sailing skills clinics at the BSU boathouse at Diamond Point Park. June 26: Sea kayaking is suitable for beginners who are unfamiliar with self-rescue and capsize-recovery skills. Participants...

For as often as I’ve heard the whip-poor-will’s delightfully incessant vocalization, I have only seen the actual bird once. It was many years ago while sharing a canoe with my 8-year-old sister who, at the time, was enjoying her first Crow Wing River canoe trip. On the...

BEMIDJI – The 13th annual Kraus-Anderson Walleye Classic on Lake Bemidji and Lake Irving will be June 8 and any team that plans to participate should contact tournament officials very soon. A year ago the event attracted 97 two-angler teams and Bob Fitzgerald, who helps organize...

Muskie season opens Saturday and, as was the case when the walleye season began, most muskies will not have spawned or will be just starting their spawn on Saturday. Muskies spawn in a wider temperature range than most species. Muskies usually spawn when the water temperature is...

TURTLE RIVER – Members of the Turtle River Watershed Association (TRWA) plan to be at the public access on Big Turtle Lake and Lake Beltrami this weekend educating boaters about the proper techniques and the importance of thorough boat and trailer inspections. “This is a new...

Anglers tried to regroup and take another shot at the walleye opener on the second weekend of the season. Fishing was good for many anglers, even though it rained much week. Anglers will have another opener this weekend as the bass season begins on Saturday. Many walleyes were...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Officials will set more than 14,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of the state's annual monitoring program for the destructive tree pest. Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of many trees and shrubs. The Minnesota Department...

The 2013 fishing opener in the Bemidji area was a non-event for most anglers. Virtually all of the best walleye lakes in the Bemidji area were still covered with ice when the season opened so many anglers decided to just stay home. The most successful anglers on the opener were...