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- Gear & Gadgets: KastKing introduces the iReel One IFC Smart Fishing ReelUsing Bluetooth to pair the iReel One with your smartphone or other Bluetooth devices and the KastKing App, iReel One employs highly accurate motion capture sen...
- Should fishing guides be licensed in Minnesota? Some say ‘yes,’ noting its potential benefit to fisheriesMinnesota, boasting more than 10,000 lakes, hosts myriad fishing guides who provide memorable excursions, often yielding noteworthy catches. Tom Neustrom, a fis...
- Steve Pollick: H2Ohio doesn’t go far enough in Lake Erie cleanupEvery heavy rain event this spring into mid-summer in the western Lake Erie watershed is contributing to the now-annual, late-summer eruption of the infamously ...
- Commentary: Changing technology and a new frontier in the great outdoorsTwenty years ago, I wrote a column about technology. It was inspired by a walk through an early-spring hunting and fishing expo. What I wrote then and what I’...
- Mike Schoonveld: Nighttime fishing requires abiding by common-sense rules and knowing your insurance policyThere’s an “old saying” coined not long after the start of the Internet era in the 1990s that is simple: “Don’t believe everything you see or read on ...
- Year-round bass fishing is on the table in Minnesota; here’s where things standThe idea of year-round bass fishing in Minnesota came into Eric Altena’s mind in 1998, when he started working for the Minnesota DNR. The current DNR Little F...
- Framework for the 2024 deer gun season in North Dakota now setThe framework for the 2024 deer gun season in North Dakota has been set. The Game and Fish Department has made available 50,100 licenses to hunters, down 3,300 ...
- Tom Venesky: CWD threat no reason to pass on venisonOne of the main reasons we hunt for deer is food. Sure, hunting to survive isn’t a necessity in this day and age, but for many of us venison is a delicacy, an...
- WI Daily Update: Using the ringworm to catch big walleyes on riversTim Lesmeister discusses tactics for using the ringworm for catching big walleyes on rivers. The post WI Daily Update: Using the ringworm to catch big walleyes ...
- MN Daily Update: Using the ringworm to catch big walleyes on riversTim Lesmeister discusses tactics for using the ringworm for catching big walleyes on rivers. The post MN Daily Update: Using the ringworm to catch big walleyes ...
- Streams of Thought: Some final thoughts on land-transfer bills that failed to pass during Minnesota’s 2024 legislative sessionFunding for an Asian carp barrier on the Mississippi River produced plenty of ink here and elsewhere, and deer hunters across at least a portion of the state we...
- Accomplished Michigan angler breaks state record with ‘monstrous’ white perchWhile still-fishing with minnow bait recently in St. Clair County, Mich., an angler from Adrian caught a state-record fish: a white perch weighing 2 pounds, 5.9...
- Wisconsin DNR sets harvest quotas for 2024 elk seasonThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources today presented the elk harvest quotas for the Black River Elk Zone and Clam Lake Elk Zone to the Wisconsin Natura...
- New York DEC announces muskie fishing season openersNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June ...
- Once an also-ran, Lake Shaokotan in Minnesota’s Lincoln County now a southern fishing gemGiven its inclusion in the state’s Sentinel Lakes Program – an intensive, long-term ecosystem-monitoring project – there are a lot of people keeping a clo...