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Best times for anglers
(Table for May 11-May 25)
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.
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Sunday……….............11:20 p.m.......…...…….……..........................................11:40 a.m.
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Where to find Minnesota's only salt lake
MARIETTA, Minn. — Tens of thousands of birds look like tiny black and white specks floating on the surface of one of Minnesota’s most mysterious lakes.
Peering through a monocular, Curt Vacek lists off their species: greater white-fronted geese, canvasback ducks, mallards. Often, he spots other birds that don’t reside in Minnesota but ...Read more
Get ready for Minnesota's fishing opener: Here's what you need to know
MINNEAPOLIS — For Grant Prokop, owner of Thousand Lakes Sporting Goods in Grand Rapids, Minnesota’s walleye and northern pike fishing opener transcends every other day.
“It’s a different pulse and a different vibe,” Prokop said. “I’m giddy to get up that morning and scoop bait. … It’s like Christmas up here, and we’re ...Read more
'An uphill battle': With deer overpopulation in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County, Ross Township considers sharpshooters
PITTSBURGH — While door-to-door campaigning in 2019, Dan DeMarco, president of the Ross Board of Commissioners, had several residents ask, "What are you going to do about the deer?"
Six years later, after the Board banned residents from feeding white-tailed deer and rolled out managed archery hunts, he said, there are still too many deer.
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Best times for anglers
(Table for May 4-May 18)
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.
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Sunday……….............6:30 p.m.........………....................................................6:55 a.m.
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Dennis Anderson: When situations got dire, these DNR officers swooped in to the rescue
MINNEAPOLIS — Pat McGowan was already on the road at 5 one morning last November when he received a call that a boat had overturned on Leech Lake and hunters were in the water.
A Department of Natural Resources conservation officer since 2008, and a longtime duck hunter himself, McGowan knew the lake was frigid and that no one could last long...Read more
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