Willie Osberg, son of Erik Osberg, caught a large walleye in Otter Tail County during summer 2020. Submitted photo

Northland Outdoors 10:25 am, Apr. 21, 2021

Statewide virtual competition planned for Governor's Fishing Opener in Minnesota

The competition is walleye-only and catch-and-release. Anyone fishing on Minnesota waters can participate.

A Red Lake walleye caught in JUne, 2020. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors 12:51 pm, Apr. 20, 2021

Red Lake walleye limit reduced for summer

Hubbard County commissioners learned about a conservation agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which aims to protect monarch habitat.

Government and Politics 1:00 pm, Apr. 20, 2021

Hubbard County considering monarch conservation plan

The beautiful female Wilson's phalarope, at right, is larger and more colorful than the male, at left.

Northland Outdoors 9:00 am, Mar. 14, 2021

BIRDWISE: Phalaropes – our most extraordinary shorebirds

Avid fly fisherman and outdoor writer Dan Brown of Taylors Falls, Minn., recently published "Da Fishi Code: Serious and Not-So-Serious Stories from da Rivers, Lakes, Fields, and Life." (Photo courtesy of Dan Brown)

Northland Outdoors 4:00 pm, May 14, 2021

Avid fly fisherman, outdoors writer Dan (J.) Brown wades into the book publishing waters with 'Da Fishi Code'

An angler tries his luck from the shore of Ringo Lake during the 2017 fishing opener. Ringo Lake remains a good bet for walleyes during the 2021 opener as well.
West Central Tribune file photo

Northland Outdoors 3:49 pm, May 14, 2021

Southern Minnesota fishing could be a good bet for opener

A flight of anglers wait to head out fishing during the 2016 ALS fishing tournament on Island Lake north of Duluth. The 26th annual fundraising event is set for June 5 this year with anglers chosing to fish on Island Lake, in a traditional tourment format, or to fish anywhere they want and record their catch remotely. All fish entered must be recorded on the FishDonkey catch-measure-photo- release app. (Clint Austin / File)

Northland Outdoors 2:27 pm, May 14, 2021

ALS tournament is back on Island Lake, or fish anywhere

Three e-bikes lined up along the window at Ron's Bike Shop in Mitchell. (Sam Fosness / Republic)

Northland Outdoors 11:50 am, May 14, 2021

Popularity for e-bikes grows, as more cyclists, outdoor enthusiasts find benefits

Northland Outdoors 6:55 pm, May 13, 2021

A look at Minnesota's fishing opener and surge in licenses sold

Mike Frisch

Northland Outdoors 4:00 pm, May 13, 2021

Frisch: Tips for opening-day walleyes

Randin Olson hoists three walleye caught on Otter Tail Lake. Olson is the owner of Lock Jaw Guide Service in the Ottertail lakes area.
Photo courtesy Erik Osberg

Northland Outdoors 10:03 am, May 13, 2021

Here’s what to expect for the Governor's Fishing Opener in Otter Tail County

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, May 13, 2021

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Light winds and a few showers

A big group of Alexandria area anglers with a big catch of walleyes during a recent Minnesota opener. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors 7:34 am, May 13, 2021

Stars aligning for a great opener in west-central Minnesota?

When the glaciers of the most recent ice age retreated, 2.5 million years ago, they had missed the southeastern corner of what is now Minnesota, leaving behind towering views from 600 feet above the Mississippi River valley at Great River Bluffs State Park. Minnesota DNR photo.

Northland Outdoors 7:05 am, May 13, 2021

Minnesota's Backyard: Stunning vistas, and no glaciers, at Great River Bluffs State Park

Urbank Bait employees load tanks on a semi-truck bed to carry minnows to Brainerd in time for the opening of the 2021 Minnesota walleye and northern pike fishing season. From left, Tom Lorine, owner Marshall Koep and Matt Hanson. (Karen Tolkkinen / Echo Press)

Northland Outdoors 6:06 am, May 13, 2021

Urbank bait business in a frenzy leading up to walleye opener

Area fishing enthusiast Josh Severtson caught this largemouth bass while fishing on Shallow Lake near Nevis last week with his dog, Rusty. Many anglers will be heading to area lakes to try their luck at fishing for walleye and northern pike on the opener Saturday. (Photo courtesy Josh Severtson).

Northland Outdoors 10:09 am, May 11, 2021

Fishing opener advice from the experts

Lake of the Woods again will be a popular destination for this year's Minnesota Fishing Opener, but the Rainy River may still come into play, as well, depending on how many of walleyes that spawn in the river have trickled back to the lake. Saturday, May 15, is opening day. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors 7:45 am, May 11, 2021

Fishing outlook favorable across northwest Minnesota going into May 15 walleye opener

Lake of the Woods walleye. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors 7:05 am, May 10, 2021

Dokken: Lake of the Woods winter creel survey sheds light on ice fishing pressure, harvest

This is an example of an aquarium moss ball sold in a pet store containing an invasive zebra mussel.

Northland Outdoors 8:00 am, May 9, 2021

Invasive zebra mussels found in aquarium moss balls

Brainerd area fishing guide Royal Karels, shown here in this file photo, was an elementary school teacher who primarily worked summers as a Nisswa Guide starting in 1969. He recalls the days guides would pull into Koep's as onlookers checking out their fancy boats and gear. Special to Forum News Service

Northland Outdoors 7:00 am, May 9, 2021

Through the 1970s and on, Minnesota bait shop was epicenter of fishing opener

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was able to collect enough walleye eggs this spring to meet its statewide stocking goals. (File photo/ Minnesota DNR)

Northland Outdoors 11:43 am, May 7, 2021

Fishing opener notebook: DNR meets walleye egg goals, sign up for free virtual walleye derby

Hundreds of boats packed Lake Winnibigoshish during the 2004 walleye fishing opener. Minnesota fishing license sales so far this season are up again — 12% over 2020 and 58% over pre-pandemic 2019. (Derek Neas / File / News Tribune)

Northland Outdoors 7:10 pm, May 6, 2021

Minnesota fishing license sales up 12% over 2020, 58% over 2019

John Myers

Northland Outdoors 7:00 pm, May 6, 2021

Myers: Nebraska turkey trip helps break pandemic’s bonds

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, May 6, 2021

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Rain for the Dakotas this weekend

The bison herd at Blue Mounds State Park ranges from around 100 animals in the summer to roughly 65 in the winter. And efforts have been underway to breed the cattle DNA out of the herd for a more genetically pure animal. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources photo.

Northland Outdoors 7:20 am, May 6, 2021

Minnesota's Backyard: Climbing, cacti and purebred bison at Blue Mounds State Park

Lake Vermilion fishing guide Cliff Wagenbach netted an eating-size walleye in 2016. Local guides, resort owners, the Vermilion Lake Association and the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe have joined together to ask anglers to keep only two walleyes daily this summer instead of the legal limit of four. (Sam Cook/ News Tribune / file)

Northland Outdoors 9:00 am, May 5, 2021

Northern Minn. lake asks anglers to keep fewer fish

Fred Schmitz of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources handles a 26-inch male walleye that was netted and tagged on the St. Louis River in late April, part of an effort to tag and recapture 8,000 walleyes this spring to better determine the estuary's walleye population. (Photo courtesy of Paul Piszczek, Wisconsin DNR)

Northland Outdoors 10:30 am, May 4, 2021

How many walleyes are in the St. Louis River?

Hank Kohler paddles the Missouri River in Montana in this undated photo. Kohler, of Ames, Iowa, will embark on a 2,100-mile canoe trip in June from East Leaf Lake in Otter Tail County to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1979, Kohler and three partners pushed off from the same boat ramp on East Leaf Lake on a 1,400-mile adventure to York Factory on Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba. (Photo courtesy of Hank Kohler)

Northland Outdoors 7:02 am, May 4, 2021

Decades after canoeing to Hudson Bay, paddler plans fundraising trip from same place in Otter Tail County to Gulf of Mexico

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