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

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

Northland Outdoors video host Chad Koel shows off one of the trophy fish caught in Sturgeon Bay.

Northland Outdoors 7:00 pm, May 3, 2021

Taking on a Wisconsin walleye hotspot in an early season outing

Northland Outdoors 11:43 am, May 3, 2021

You don't need to share your secrets, but share your lake

Walter Mondale, with longtime friend and current St. Louis County Sheriff Ross Litman, was an avid fisherman who traveled to Alaska to fish for salmon. Walleyes were his favorite, however. Courtesy Ross Litman / Minneapolis Star Tribune / TNS

Northland Outdoors 8:04 am, May 3, 2021

Column: Fishing buddies savored visits from Walter Mondale, and vice versa

Northland Outdoors 7:50 am, May 3, 2021

For adventures close to home, let's visit Minnesota's Backyard

Chase Parsons, left, hoists his Pro-Champ trophy while Chris Stassen raises his Co-Champ trophy at the conclusion of the weigh-ins during the second day of the National Walleye Tour event in Oacoma and Chamberlain on Friday. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Northland Outdoors 1:41 pm, May 2, 2021

Wisconsin angler claims National Walleye tournament championship with 30-pound bag in 2 days

Riding through the Badlands on top of a horse named "Hugo" (pictured above) presents a beautiful nature view. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)

Northland Outdoors 7:00 am, May 2, 2021

The Badlands are an equine lover's paradise

Common perch

Columns 6:00 am, May 2, 2021

FISH SAVVY: Keys to finding fish in May

Josh Neu, left, and Erik Cherveny call and scout for turkeys during an early April hunt in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Tom Cherveny / West Central Tribune

Northland Outdoors 7:00 pm, May 1, 2021

Spring turkey hunt comes with winter camping challenge

From his dock on Shingobee Lake this week, Dallas Hudson watched this pair of loons at sunrise.

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, May 1, 2021

NORTHWOODS NATURE JOURNAL: The sweet sounds, sights of spring

John Herd, left, and Ryan Rieger, center, smile as their big catch, a roughly 28-inch walleye, is loaded into the weigh-in bag by Mark Kimmerle during the National Walleye Tour event in Oacoma on Thursday. Rieger's catch put him and Herd in first place after day one of the tournament. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Northland Outdoors 11:04 am, Apr. 30, 2021

Visiting anglers leading National Walleye Tour tournament in South Dakota with 19-pound bag

Aubree Morken helps pick up a couple of decoys during the 2020 turkey hunting season in Minnesota. When decoys work, they are part of what makes turkey hunting so fun as a tom struts into close range, but it's been the author's experience that decoys just as often don't work and can make toms nervous. That was the case during a long, close call on a couple of toms on the afternoon of April 27, 2021. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

Northland Outdoors 8:00 am, Apr. 30, 2021

Morken: Do decoys do more harm than good when hunting turkey?

If this self-guided tour is successful, it may become a regular activity in Otter Tail County. (submitted)

Northland Outdoors 6:06 am, Apr. 30, 2021

Fishing Opener plans customized tours for invitees

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, Apr. 29, 2021

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Quite warm and pleasant Saturday

The U.S. Forest Service's Superior National Forest division posted this photo to Facebook on July 20, 2020, as part of a series of photos highlighting what not to do in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service file

Northland Outdoors 11:06 am, Apr. 28, 2021

Pandemic-fueled surge in visitation to Boundary Waters expected to continue this year

Mike Allen, left, and his father, Garry Allen, hold up a string of walleye that the anglers recently caught, while standing in front of Allen's Hillside Guide Service in Chamberlain. (Courtesy photo)

Northland Outdoors 7:00 pm, Apr. 27, 2021

Family keeps South Dakota city's walleye fishing reputation strong as national tour rolls into town

Jay Walker makes a cast while fishing the Knife River on Sunday, April 18, 2021. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors 8:00 am, Apr. 27, 2021

Weather has North Shore steelhead run on again, off again

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