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Expensive fishing electronics require proper touch
DULUTH, Minn. -- John Hanna started messing with 12-volt electronics when he was in high school, installing stereo equipment in his car.
Pretty soon, his friends were asking them to rig their rides as well.
"Eventually I started on my boat ... And then I had friends wanting me to do their boats. It was sort of a hobby that's expanded," Hanna ...Read more
A Seattle program is bringing outdoor education to underserved schools
There is a burst of whispered interjections -- "Whoa!" and "Cool!" -- when the kids see the rows of snowshoes sticking out of the snow.
Earlier, in a brief in-class presentation, ranger and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest youth and community engagement coordinator Tessa Rough showed photos of the snowshoes. But most of the Index ...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..............5:00 p.m....................................................................5:30 a.m.
Monday.............5:55 p.m.........................Read more
With no time to spare, ice-outs unlock the Minnesota fishing opener statewide
Mother Nature answered the prayers of anglers, bait shop owners and resorters last week with an improbable mix of rain, wind and sunshine that unlocked frozen lakes in time for last weekend's walleye and northern pike fishing opener.
The last-minute ice-outs on Leech Lake, Kabetogama, Winnibigoshish, Pokegama, Upper Red Lake and Lake Vermilion ...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..............10:20 a.m.................................................................10:50 p.m.
Monday.............11:10 a.m.........................Read more
Outdoors enthusiasts urged to practice tick bite prevention
Rick Horton of Grand Rapids, Minn., was just back from a spring turkey when he noticed the ticks, about a dozen of them, dug into his skin.
"They were several on my back, between my shoulder blades. And several in places I can't mention," said Horton, who spent three days crawling around in Kansas prairie grass to shoot a tom turkey. "I was ...Read more
Removal of Olympic National Park mountain goats could start in late summer
It might be time to start saying your goodbyes to Olympic National Park's mountain goats (don't get too close). Some could be removed from the park as early as this summer.
The National Park Service released its final goat-management plan Friday, and the agency's preferred plan -- to remove as many goats as possible for relocation to the North ...Read more
As interest in management of common carp populations grows, so does Carp Solutions
MINNEAPOLIS -- The fishing season for Jordan Wein and Aaron Claus won't start for another month or so, but already they're predicting a much bigger haul than the 12,000 bronze-colored beauties they scored last year.
Carp Solutions, an upstart private company founded three years ago by a professor at the University of Minnesota, removes unwanted...Read more
From BookDaily.com
Russell's Purple Heart
Mr Russell D. WardYou have in your hands the poignant story of the life of Russell D. Ward. Starting from infancy in 1947, this real life story depicts the youthful denials and hatred for God when things didn’t go his way. Turning his back on his religious upbringing, Russell cheats, lies, attempts to steal ...
Anticipation fuels Rainy River sturgeon excursion
ON THE RAINY RIVER, Minn. -- For people who fish, there's something about getting in a boat again after a long winter that's difficult to put into words.
Excitement is part of it.
So is anticipation.
Anticipation for the sound of an outboard motor rumbling to life for the first time in months.
Anticipation for the sound of water lapping ...Read more
Nor'Wester Lodge is a family tradition on the Gunflint Trail
ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. -- She came to the north woods in 1965 from a little farm town on the prairies of western Minnesota. She was a college kid, and she had taken a job at a resort on Hungry Jack Lake north of Grand Marais.
Luana Brandt remembers the lanky Swede, Carl Brandt, who came by that summer from his parents' resort on nearby ...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..............11:40 a.m...............................................................12:05 a.m.
Monday.............12:30 p.m...........................Read more
Snowy start to steelhead season on Wisconsin's Brule River
ON WISCONSIN'S BRULE RIVER -- Bruce Koepke slipped his hand under the young brown trout and quickly removed his pink yarn fly from its lip. It was nearly midday on Saturday, opening day of the early trout season on Wisconsin's Brule River.
Koepke returned the fish to the water.
The Brule opener is a hallowed tradition for many steelhead ...Read more
Minnesota public lands that are often-overlooked pockets of wild for adventure
MINNEAPOLIS -- When Minnesotans think of public lands, they're apt to focus on state parks, state forests, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, other parts of the Superior National Forest, and the mighty Chippewa National Forest in the heart of the north country.
But all around the state in lesser-known pockets of the wild, nature is ...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..............12:35 a.m................................................................1:00 p.m.
Monday.............1:20 a.m............................Read more
University of Minnesota researchers work to secure the future of trout
MINNEAPOLIS -- Len Ferrington has one eye on the weather and the other on Minnesota House File 3352.
The longtime University of Minnesota entomology professor is awaiting approval of a $400,000 grant to continue the last segment of a study that's been going on for a dozen years into the different growth rates of trout in the Driftless Area of ...Read more
New business creating custom duck calls with pets' ashes
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- It may not be "Duck Dynasty," but a Detroit Lakes partnership has found its own small niche in the duck call business -- it allows hunters to put cremated ashes from their beloved hunting dogs into the duck call itself.
No, you don't get a mouthful of ashes whenever you blow the duck call -- Deadshot Custom Call Company ...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...............7:15 p.m.................................................................7:45 a.m.
Monday.............8:10 p.m...........................Read more
St. Louis River muskies on the move
DULUTH, Minn. -- St. Louis River muskie anglers learned something fascinating this past week about the fish they chase all summer: Not all of them stay in the river.
Of 60 muskies that have been fitted with hydro-acoustic "tags" by researchers, nearly 40 percent have ventured into Lake Superior, and 25 percent have remained there for more than ...Read more
Making sweet work of turning sap into syrup
MINNEAPOLIS -- The other day as a pair of Canada geese arrowed overhead, Jim Smith tossed a log on a fire, above which maple sap boiled in a stainless-steel pan.
The geese might have just arrived from points south. Or perhaps they were locals that had passed the winter in Minnesota. Either way, flapping their wings and honking, and flying low, ...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...............1:00 p.m................................................................1:25 a.m.
Monday.............1:45 p.m............................Read more
