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Mike Kelly squirts fish eggs from a sucker while they are being fertilized and stirred with a turkey feather. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)

The local spawn harvest perseveres

Call them "Aquatic Dr.

outdoors / fishing Sat, May 05, 2012 - 1:00pm

Gary Korsgaden

Watercraft owners tips to prevent spread of AIS

Education is the key to slowing or stopping the spread of AIS. We all want to be a source of the solution not the problem. Here are some tips we...

outdoors / fishing Sat, May 05, 2012 - 1:00pm

Anglers are eagerly anticipating the 2012 Minnesota Fishing Opener, hoping to land a big walleye like this one on May 12. For some people, waiting for the opener to arrive is more difficult than waiting for a bite once it does. (Jason Durham / For the Enterprise)

Angling activities shorten wait to opener

The countdown started months ago, but the days are dwindling for the arrival of the 2012 Minnesota Fishing Opener. Giddy anglers can pass the time over the next week in...

outdoors / fishing Sat, May 05, 2012 - 1:00pm

Fee hike brings relief to DNR managers

Like their counterparts across the state, fisheries and wildlife managers in northwest Minnesota are breathing easier now that the Legislature has approved an increase in the cost of hunting and...

outdoors / fishing / hunting Sat, May 05, 2012 - 12:03pm

Aquatic invasive species decal law changes; higher penalties go into effect July 1

A slate of new laws designed to curb the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) was approved in a recent bill passed by the Minnesota Legislature and signed by Gov...

outdoors / fishing Fri, May 04, 2012 - 2:27pm

Don Mickel of Bemidji holds the 35.1-inch walleye he caught on the Rainy River. The fish probably was the state record but state regulations required that the fish be released. SUBMITTED Photo

Fisherman refutes critics of potential state walleye record, bait shop owner questions fish size

BEMIDJI - By nature, fishermen have to be laid-back types who can spend the better part of a day content with a bite that never comes.

outdoors / fishing Fri, May 04, 2012 - 7:50am

A Perham man found these filleted fish dumped near a local lake in mid-April. About two weeks before that, another Perham resident wrote a letter to the editor to the East Otter Tail Focus reporting dumped fish near Big Pine Lake. Submitted photo

Illegal fishing reported in Perham area

People have been illegally harvesting walleye, northern and other game fish in the Perham area recently, and are even dumping the remains of filleted fish near area lakes. The season...

outdoors / fishing Thu, May 03, 2012 - 7:46am

Don Mickel of Bemidji holds the 35.1-inch walleye he caught on the Rainy River. The fish probably was the state record but state regulations required that the fish be released. SUBMITTED Photo

Mickel catches, releases potential state record walleye

On page 77 of the 2012 Minnesota fishing handbook there is a graph that can give an angler the approximate weight of a fish based on the fish's length. A...

outdoors / fishing Wed, May 02, 2012 - 7:53am

Suckers have a uniquely designed mouth that allows them to vacuum up food from the bottom of our lakes and rivers. This juvenile white sucker will be used as bait once the northern pike season opens, but adults can weigh several pounds. (Jason Durham / For the Enterprise)

Sucker spearing season starts soon

On a walk along the shoreline, two boys stood outlined by the setting sun. "Cast here, they're all over," one exclaimed. The young fellows were so excited they were shaking;...

outdoors / fishing Sat, Apr 28, 2012 - 1:00pm

Fisher kid Jeremy Miller, 14, center, was accompanied at Sunday's fundraiser by his great-aunt, Jan Jones, left, and grandmother, Sandy Smith. His interest in fishing began as a toddler, Smith said, and continues. (Jean Ruzicka / Enterprise)

Laporte's Take a Kid Fishing hopes to hook new generation of line droppers

"If we have one kid who continues to fish, we will have succeeded," Laporte area Take a Kid Fishing coordinator Dwight Powell said of the initiative that began last year...

entertainment / events / fishing Wed, Apr 25, 2012 - 1:00pm

Walleyes eye Mother's Day weekend opener

Walleye and northern pike may be safe until Mother's Day weekend after all, if discussion in a Senate committee Monday is any indication. Members of the Senate Environment and Natural...

news / outdoors / fishing Wed, Apr 18, 2012 - 1:00pm

Hunting, fishing fee dispute stalls outdoors bill

ST. PAUL - Raising hunting and fishing license fees, supported by the governor and key legislators, is in limbo after Tuesday debate on a Senate game and fish bill abruptly...

news / outdoors / hunting / fishing Wed, Apr 18, 2012 - 7:35am

Sens. John Carlson of Bemidji, left, and Tom Saxhaug of Grand Rapids on Monday listen to a fisherman discuss whether the fishing opener should be moved up a week, to May 5. Pioneer Photo/Don Davis

Senate unsupportive of moving up fishing opener

ST. PAUL -- Walleye and northern pike may be safe until Mother's Day weekend after all, if discussion in a Senate committee Monday is any indication. Members of the Senate...

outdoors / fishing Tue, Apr 17, 2012 - 7:30am

Early fishing opener slipping off the hook

Time is running out to kick the Minnesota fishing opener up a week. Opinions about the issue are changing quickly, Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, said today after his environment and...

news / fishing Mon, Apr 16, 2012 - 11:03am

Gravy: Moving the opener is a stupid idea

The state Legislature has considered some stupid bills over the years, but I think moving the fishing opener up a week this spring ranks near the top of their bountiful...

opinion / outdoors / fishing Sat, Apr 14, 2012 - 1:00pm

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