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Best times for anglers
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.
Sunday..............6:15 a.m........................................................................................6:45 p.m.
Monday.............7:10 a.m.....Read more
California man killed a trophy deer on his rural property. Now he's facing a huge penalty.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A 70-year-old Sacramento County man will pay a $20,000 fine after pleading no contest to shooting a trophy buck out of season on property he owns in rural El Dorado County.
The hefty fine is one of the first under a law passed in 2017 that allowed judges to slap poachers with bigger penalties if they're convicted of ...Read more
Sturgeon fishing season lasts just hours on Black Lake in Northern Michigan
Sturgeon fishing season came and went for fishers on Black Lake -- in about six hours.
Sturgeon season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 1:40 p.m. Feb. 1. The season, open to hook-and-line fishing and spearing, was set to run from Feb. 1-5, or until the quota was hit. The original quota for sturgeon this year was ...Read more
Best times for anglers
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.
Sunday..............12:10 a.m.....................................................................................12:35 p.m.
Monday.............1:00 a.m......Read more
Viral post accused Idaho of elk slaughter. Fish and Game says study helps hunters.
BOISE, Idaho -- A picture of elk quarters piled high on pallets was shared more than 5,600 times on Facebook in the last week, accruing nearly 700 comments and more than 1,000 "angry face" reactions.
The post from hunting and fishing group Idaho For Wildlife was one of several that circulated on social media decrying what critics called the "...Read more
Bad ice winter creates 'regional disaster' for resorts, bait shops
DULUTH, Minn. -- How bad have ice conditions been on many northern Minnesota lakes this winter? So bad it's hurting businesses that make their money off ice anglers -- resorts, bait shops, fish house rentals and others -- and so bad that some business owners are shutting down early and asking for the state's financial help.
Thin ice, deep snow,...Read more
Best times for anglers
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.
Sunday..............6:30 p.m.......................................................................................6:55 a.m.
Monday.............7:20 p.m......Read more
Predator fish that anglers love faces uncertain future in California water wars
In California's never-ending water and fish wars, the striped bass doesn't get nearly the publicity as its celebrity counterparts, the endangered Chinook salmon and Delta smelt.
Yet the striped bass is at the heart of a protracted fight over California's water supply, 140 years after the hard-fighting fish, beloved by anglers, was introduced ...Read more
Sharing the trapping tradition: When it comes to the outdoors way of life, Rick 'Critter' Olson comes by his nickname honestly
NEAR ROOSEVELT, Minn. -- It's a cold, breezy Friday afternoon in early January, but the subzero windchill doesn't stop Rick Olson from making the rounds and tending his trapline.
Just like he's done every day for the previous 83 days dating back to late October.
Trapping -- and sharing his knowledge of the outdoors with others -- is a passion ...Read more
Idaho couple struck a $200K deal on 'Shark Tank.' That's not all they walked away with.
An Idaho couple just made a splash on "Shark Tank," sealing a deal for $200,000 in investment and securing some additional funding for a cause close to their hearts.
Chris and Geanie Rodgers, of Eagle, brought their utility rope product on the ABC show, where a handful of well-known investors hear pitches from entrepreneurs hoping for financial...Read more
Best times for anglers
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.
Sunday..............1:35 p.m.......................................................................................1:50 a.m.
Monday.............2:20 p.m......Read more
No Child Left Inside program offers grants for wide range of activities
Pillager Public School west of Brainerd has an outdoors legacy that few Minnesota schools can match.
Beyond its traditional classrooms, the school controls not one but two educational forests. One of those land holdings gets used frequently as a learning place for photography, outdoor ventures and forestry.
The other one -- a 40-acre grove ...Read more
Best times for anglers
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.
Sunday..............7:30 a.m......................................................................................7:55 p.m.
Monday.............8:20 a.m.......Read more
The late Dr. Larissa Minicucci leaves a legacy with animals, tribes and beyond
Chronic wasting disease would seem a far cry from a love potion, but that night while quaffing beer, Lou Cornicelli thought he might finally have found something useful about the deer-killing affliction whose acronym, CWD, had shadowed him like a ghoul since it was first discovered in Minnesota two years earlier.
The date was Oct. 23, 2003, and...Read more
Dam Goods and Gear: One-at-a-time custom outdoors equipment
DULUTH, Minn. -- On a frosty winter morning, wood smoke wafted from the workshop outside Geoff Vukelich's home north of Duluth, just up the road from the Rice Lake dam.
What seems odd, however, is that he has a wood stove at all. Vukelich has such a love affair with wood that it's hard to see him parting with any piece to burn.
"Yes, I have ...Read more
Sportmen's Show on collision course with Minnesota DNR over trophy buck exhibit
MINNEAPOLIS -- Prominent Minnesota deer farmer Steve Porter says he'll keep his commitment to show three monster bucks at the Minnesota Sportsmen's Show in defiance of an emergency rule that temporarily bans the movement of all farmed deer in the state.
The former sheriff of Kittson County said he'll fight any charges that result from ...Read more
Best times for anglers
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.
Sunday..............1:20 a.m.......................................................................................1:50 p.m.
Monday.............2:20 a.m......Read more
Hunters encouraged by pheasant numbers even if harvest was mildly down
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota pheasant hunters were stymied by too much standing corn to begin the 2019 season and icy field conditions to end it, but those who went out in November and the first half of December enjoyed some success and were encouraged by what they saw.
"Bird numbers seemed really solid," said Scott Rall, president of the Nobles ...Read more
Ground-breaking study could reveal true cause of deer-killing disease
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. -- Chronic wasting disease is a growing threat for deer, elk, and moose in North America, infecting a larger portion of the populations each year.
The fatal disease attacks the neurological system and seems, at this point, impossible to cure. Adding another layer to this complicated issue is a recent discovery that might...Read more
Photographer Dudley Edmondson captures nature in pixels
DULUTH, Minn. -- Dudley Edmondson was leading a guest into his backyard in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood, on their way to a heated shed where they were going to chat on a cold December morning, when he stopped suddenly, halfway through the gate.
"There's that red-bellied woodpecker," Edmondson said. "They make that sound that sort of sounds ...Read more
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