fishing

The time between open-water and safe ice formation and vice-versa is known as transition time along the Ice Belt. In northern Minnesota, hunting sometimes bridges the gap between using boats...

Nobody would dispute that the Park Rapids area has one of the greatest concentrations of quality fishing lakes in the state. What often goes unnoticed is that the Park Rapids...

Fall is the epicenter of hunting. With ducks, geese, grouse, pheasants, deer, bear and all the critters trappers encounter available, a commonality between game-seeking groups is formed; food. Now, we...

The walleye harvest has fallen. No, not necessarily due to a lack of fish in the lakes after a busy summer season of anglers keeping a few dinners. It's not...

Whether used for open-water application or beneath the icy skin covering a mid-winter lake, spoons are both archaic and avant garde. Once mankind was able to pour, shape and render...

Though the afternoon ambient temperatures have yet to relent, the calendar says it's autumn. Each year as the season transitions from summer to fall, the lakes and underwater inhabitants do...

According to a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources press release, fifteen lakes in Minnesota will be posted soon with signs that indicate the current northern pike special regulation will end...

One of Minnesota's premier walleye lakes, Big Sand, has an experimental regulation scheduled to sunset. A public informational meeting open for comment with the Park Rapids Area Fisheries is scheduled...

Last weekend marked the 15th annual Nevis Scholarship Fund Junior Fishing Tournament held on Lake Belle Taine. The two-kid team, no adult in the boat format has been a bridge...

Whether you want to catch walleye, northern, bass, muskie or even panfish, the flash of a spinner blade fools fish throughout the fall. The positive attributes of a spinner attached...

As the late summer period gradually turns to fall, crappie activity elevates. That has certainly been the case in the Park Rapids area over the past few weeks. That increase...

Water temperatures are gradually, yet steadily declining on area lakes. As the water cools, the stratified layers begin to blend together. This process, known as turnover, actually takes several weeks...

Only three weeks until the 15th annual Nevis Scholarship Fund Jr. Fishing Tournament on Lake Belle Taine. The event is a favorite for me, even though I've never had the...