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Best times for anglers
(Table for Feb. 11-Feb. 25)
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.
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Sunday………..............1:45 p.m.....…………………................................................2:10 ...Read more
Lake of the Woods 'Bombers' remain winter workhorses
Before Gregg Hennum sold Sportsman's Lodge in 2021, his family's well-known Lake of the Woods fishing resort maintained a fleet of more than 20 Bombardier snow buses to get anglers to and from the walleyes.
Those caterpillar-tracked machines were so critical to making money during winter, he kept four for himself. Around Lake of the Woods, they...Read more
Dennis Anderson: An invasive carp deterrent is possible if Minnesotans play their cards right
The actor Paul Newman earned his nickname in the flick "Cool Hand Luke" by deluding his fellow prison inmates in a game of five-card stud. Holding only a king-high "hand of nothing," our hero bluffed others at the table into folding, with Newman declaring afterward that, "sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand."
The reference is timely, ...Read more
Trumpeters and tundras were shot, found on private property near Morris
Federal wildlife authorities have given new details in the killing of multiple swans in west-central Minnesota, including that the birds were shot and discovered near public land protected for waterfowl.
In mid-January, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) asked for the public's help in the investigation of the birds' deaths in Stevens County...Read more
Wild cat smuggled through DIA finds permanent home at Denver Zoo
DENVER — The Denver Zoo’s latest feline resident has been waiting in the wings for more than a year — first smuggled through the Denver International Airport on a commercial flight, then held as evidence in a federal investigation.
In April of 2022, a video went viral when a cat escaped its carrier on a United flight to Denver, reportedly...Read more
Best times for anglers
(Table for Feb. 4-Feb. 18)
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.
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Sunday.….................6:55 a.m....………………….……...........................................7:25 p....Read more
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