Things are looking good for the walleye opener with the early ice-out and warm-up we’ve had. Typically fish are still involved in the spawn (especially in northern Minnesota) and the fishing can be a little tough, but not this year.

Without question, chasing spring turkeys in Minnesota, or any place else, is addicting, exhilarating, challenging and also very humbling.

The big walleye opener is on deck and with the early ice out and warm-up, things are looking good for getting your pole bent.

As if the early ice out and warm weather hasn’t been enough to get that fishing itch going the first-year Minnesota Bass Expo might ignite that fire to find plenty of big hogs camped out under lily pads and other debris this season at the National Sports Center’s Sports Hall in Blaine April 20-2...

The art of reading rivers takes time on the water and a special focus that many anglers strive to achieve. I have been fishing river systems thru the past four decades and I have found a certain commonness among many rivers even though they can vary in depth, vary in age and are made up of very ...

Juan Arellano ventured onto the ice on the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir near Wausau, Wisconsin to ice fish with some friends in a friendly competition. He came off the ice at one of 10 members of a team that will represented the US at the 2013 World Ice Fishing Championships next winter, which will like...

Ice out is just around the corner thanks to a super mild winter and an unseasonably warm March.

As the inland walleye and northern pike seasons come to an end we still have state-wide options for excellent late season perch fishing.

There is no doubt we were due but the heavy snow has put a damper on the late season panfish action.

Many anglers are familiar with the term “trolling” during the open water months, but in reality this same tactic works very well during the ice fishing months.

How many times have you driven past a pond or slough and wondered if there are any catchable fish in it?

Goodness knows there are a lot of interesting ice electronics out there to choose from. Everything from a simple $100 depth finder to a super unit around $1,200. It’s not the price of the unit that will make you a better angler through the ice but rather how you employ and learn to interpret your ...

It’s been a goofy year to say the least. Good ice has been to slow to develop and has been downright treacherous on some of the bigger lakes like Mille Lacs, but there is plenty of safe ice to get out on.

Crappie fishing has been good from the word go on a lot of lakes and right now is as good a time as any to check it out.

The early ice walleye bite is definitely on and many anglers have found the action to be red hot. Some have also found themselves in big trouble because they didn’t heed the warnings and tried to push it much too soon.

There’s good ice being made right now, you almost hear it. Regardless of the latest news reports, there is safe ice to get out on right now but you do have to be careful.

The latest round of eDNA testing for Asian carp in the Mississippi River has yielded unexpected results, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

I absolutely love it when the first snow of the season hits central Minnesota as this signals the best time to be in the field chasing rooster pheasants.

With the season in the deer hunting zone that I hunt coming to a close it didn’t take long to get the itch to try and push a few grouse around.

Items from the Minnesota DNR that can also be found on the Outdoors page of ABC Newspapers.

The Paint Brush Shooter’s chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host the fourth annual Hunters Care Venison Feed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fridley VFW (Osborne Road at Hwy. 65/Central Ave.).

As we head into November the activity levels of our whitetail deer are becoming more heightened as the rut kicks in and both the does and bucks are moving not only at night but during the daytime.