The North Bay One Stop in Chamberlain is one of the sponsors for the National Walleye Tour coming to town on Thursday, April 29 and Friday, April 30. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Northland Outdoors 7:50 am, Apr. 26, 2021

South Dakota cities brace for economic boost from National Walleye Tour

Tournament should help economy, widen community profile, business owners say.

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, Apr. 25, 2021

Hubbard SWCD promotes soil, water stewardship

People fill the channel of the river near Lake Superior while fishing for smelt Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the mouth of the Lester River in Duluth. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

Northland Outdoors 9:00 am, Apr. 25, 2021

Smelt run draws netters to Duluth for tasty spring tradition

The yellow-bellied sapsucker has a distinctive “ratatatatata...tata..tata...tata...tat...tat” cadence when it drums. The white line on the wing is also diagnostic.

Northland Outdoors 7:00 am, Apr. 25, 2021

BIRDWISE: Avian signs of spring in the lakes area

Alexandria’s Drake Herd with a couple of walleyes caught at a Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s National Walleye Tour tournament. At 34-years old, Herd is about to take part in his fifth season fishing on this national tour with many of the best competitive walleye anglers in the country. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors 6:10 am, Apr. 23, 2021

Minnesota man sets sights on national walleye tour success as South Dakota stop nears

A Minnesota black bear in an undated photo. The deadline to apply for a 2021 Minnesota bear hunting permit is May. 7 (Steve Kohls / file / Forum News Service)

Northland Outdoors 1:29 pm, Apr. 22, 2021

Minnesota bear hunting applications due by May 7

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, Apr. 22, 2021

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Cool with times of rain/snow

Willie Osberg, Erik's son, caught a large walleye in Otter Tail county during summer 2020

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

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

Campers not only extended a campfire outside of its fire pit but also cut down and tried to burn live trees at this campsite last summer. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service)

Northland Outdoors 8:00 am, Apr. 21, 2021

Mandatory BWCAW training to begin following season of irresponsible activity

Jared Piepenburg holds a smallmouth bass caught in North Dakota April 10, 2021. Jared Piepenburg / StormTRACKER meteorologist

Northland Outdoors 12:00 am, Apr. 21, 2021

A little research can pay off for your next fishing experience

Anglers try their luck out on the Missouri between Chamberlain and Oacoma in this Mitchell Republic file photo. Anglers from all over will flock to the area a National Walleye Tour event next week. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Northland Outdoors 7:01 pm, Apr. 20, 2021

South Dakota city prepares for a whopper of an event, the National Walleye Tournament

Curt Vacek was surprised by two tom turkeys that rushed to attack the strutting decoy he carried on Friday April 9. He held off the attackers. He returned to the field the following day and set up in a conventional way in a blind with a jake decoy standing guard at a safe distance. The tom that came to fight with this jake decoy met his match.
Photo courtesy of Curt Vacek

Northland Outdoors 2:25 pm, Apr. 20, 2021

Minnesota turkey hunter fends off attack by two South Dakota toms

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

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

Clough Island in the St. Louis River estuary. A nw study has found that the source og unusually high mercury levels in estaury fish is old, legacy mercury from decades ago that remains in the sediment. (Bob King/ News Tribune file / 2012)

Northland Outdoors 9:00 am, Apr. 20, 2021

Higher mercury in St. Louis River walleyes in eastern Minnesota comes from old pollution

A robin in a nest built on top of an outdoor porch light. This is the type of biodiversity sighting that can be recorded as part of the second annual Great Lakes BioBlitz set to start April 22. (Photo courtesty of Minnesota Sea Grant)

Northland Outdoors 7:00 pm, Apr. 19, 2021

BioBlitz gets kids outdoors, tuned in to nature

Minnesota's 2021 turkey season opened on Wednesday. Last year saw record numbers of hunters take to the field to register a record harvest. Prospects of finding big toms like this one in 2021 remain good in west central Minnesota, according to area wildlife managers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Photo courtesy of Gene Stukel.

Northland Outdoors 4:35 pm, Apr. 19, 2021

Cool start, but hot prospects for Minnesota turkey hunt

Doug and Roxanne Harthan started their business 10 years ago (Elizabeth Vierkant)

Northland Outdoors 7:05 am, Apr. 19, 2021

A rare find in Minnesota, fly fishing shop celebrates 10 years of passion

This 16-pound, 6-ounce walleye caught Saturday, March 13, by Jared Shypkoski of Dickinson, N.D., on Lake Oahe has been confirmed as the new North Dakota state record walleye, the Game and Fish Department reported Monday, April 12. (Photo courtesy of North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors 7:30 am, Apr. 18, 2021

These are the good, old days for big walleyes on the Missouri River System

With spring bird migration in full swing, bird strikes against windows are more common. A local wildlife rehabilitator offers tips.

Northland Outdoors 7:00 am, Apr. 17, 2021

Tips for avoiding bird strikes during spring migration

Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department

Northland Outdoors 7:30 am, Apr. 16, 2021

Dokken: More questions means longer wait for certifying record fish in North Dakota

Mike Frisch cast a ShadPole to catch this crappie. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors 6:00 am, Apr. 16, 2021

Mike Frisch: Finding those mid-spring crappies

Northland Outdoors 2:26 pm, Apr. 15, 2021

Extensive investigation leads to convictions of four men in North Dakota poaching case

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, Apr. 15, 2021

Northland Outdoors Forecast: A Breezy Weekend with a Few Showers

A wolf chews on a leg bone from a deer in this image captured from video footage from a collar-cam. (Courtesy of Voyageurs Wolf Project)

Northland Outdoors 7:01 pm, Apr. 14, 2021

Voyageurs wolf gets his own collar-cam and its a sight to see

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