Pet Talk with Vicki Davis

We are very pleased to be a part of the release of the new audio CD by Trout Whisperer. I have read his many articles, but did not realize the intensity, mystique, and quality of his storytelling until I heard him speak...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Learning to uses the small boat for me was like a duck taking to water. Stable craft and stealthy in the respect that I could float up on waterfowl when hunting or nestle up to a sunken log when fishing. You need to be on more stable substrate when disembarking. Boarding is nothing more than lowering you, inside the hold...

[Read the rest of this article...]

The opening weekend of deer season we were lucky at our hunting shack. The wind blew pretty hard and I think it set the bucks sailing into our shooting lanes. So with the deer tags full and two weeks of hunting I no longer needed to pursue, I thought I’d hang up the rifle...

[Read the rest of this article...]

After parking, I don my gear. The parking lot is vacant which pleases me, but comes as no great surprise. This is not a favorite fishing hole for the faint of heart...

[Read the rest of this article...]

The simple route can work just as well, and there is still a fair amount of summer remaining to give it a try...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Over to his library he plucked a book. With a shaky hand he autographed a fly-tying book to me. What he wrote shouldn’t be read by the faint of heart. I watched him write it. Then he handed it to me, I read it then, so many years ago. I read it again last night...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Over the years, North Dakota Game and Fish has developed a body of fishing regulations based on sound fisheries biology and management practices. A general rule of thumb is that if a regulation isn’t going to help the resource, then don’t put it in place, and conversely, if a regulation is no longer serving its intended purpose, it should be taken off the books...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Some of the best Saturday shore lunches I have eaten have started with a Tuesday. Tuesdays my butcher told me is thee day to shop at the local market. All lasts weeks old stuff has been bought and the new stuff is being put on the shelf. So On Monday I...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Five years back I changed my opener lake. I was called a quitter for not coming back on my tenth trip to the old lake. I was just moving out of the rookie pile when I...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Helpful Links to Minnesota fishing regulations...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Water temperatures in the Duluth Area (Lower Shore) ranged between 41 and 44 degrees this past week. Water temperatures in the Finland Area (Middle Shore) ranged between 39 and 42 degrees, while water temperatures in the Grand Marais Area (Upper Shore) ranged between 33 and 42 degrees...

[Read the rest of this article...]

CO Mark Fredin (Aurora, MN) ran a license check on what appeared to be an  abandoned fish house on a northern Minnesota lake. The check showed that the  fish house, which belonged to a 92-year-old man, may have been stolen more than  20 years ago from southern Minnesota. 18 more exciting stories...

[Read the rest of this article...]

While fishing is open every day of the year – with a few exceptions – April 1 is the start of a new year of sorts, as that’s when a new 2008 fishing license is required. Probably since that date is fast approaching, and across the border the Minnesota legislature is debating a change for the Minnesota fishing opener...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Something punched the river from under the surface, my line is snapped tight. My arms are thrown forward and I’m grabbing at the rod I already hold...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Fishing for Catfish in West Michigan can produce 10 to 20 Channel Catfish a trip often in the range of 3 to 15 pounds. Option to target big catfish like Flathead Catfish are also available. Hooking fish in the 30 to 40 pound range is common...

[Read the rest of this article...]