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There was some activity Sunday on Mill Pond near Spicer as the weather turned. The weekend's fishing opener received mixed reviews from anglers and bait shops. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Frigid, damp weather keeps some anglers away

A check of area lakes at noon on Sunday, revealed moderate activity and limited success. At County Park No. 1, Big Lake Kandiyohi, West park manager Bud Groen summed the...

news / local / outdoors / life Mon, May 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Kyle Anderson, left, and Doug Pierzina of the Department of Natural Resource's fisheries staff in Ortonville clip the fins of walleye they stocked in Lac qui Parle Lake. On Monday, they had 75 pounds or about 450 fish to stock. DNR fisheries workers are clipping the ventral or pectral fin of each yearling walleye stocked into Lac qui Parle to make it possible to monitor the effectiveness of the stocking program. They will clip the fins on 2,500 pounds of yearling walleye -- roughly 25,000 fish -- this se...

New stocking strategy helping numbers on Lac qui Parle Lake in western Minn.

MILAN BEACH RESORT -- Before most anglers catch their first walleye of the season, Kyle Anderson and Doug Pierzina will have let something like 25,000 of them slip through their...

outdoors / region Sat, May 14, 2011 - 8:00am

Deb, left, and Lloyd Hoekstra unveil the Olson Lake -- Adam Hoekstra dedication plaque May 7 during the Olson Lake dedication near Raymond. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Restored waterfowl lake site in west central Minnesota to remember Adam Hoekstra

RAYMOND -- Friends and family of Adam Hoekstra answered his untimely death in the best way they knew how. They made a lasting gift in the Spicer native's memory for...

outdoors / region Sat, May 14, 2011 - 8:00am

The Olson Lake brood marsh and public hunting area near Raymond is making a comeback. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Olson Lake making a comeback in west central Minn.

RAYMOND -- Olson Lake is a 124-acre, shallow water lake that was once a waterfowl hunter's Mecca and could be soon again. It's part of a 450-acre Waterfowl Production Area,...

outdoors / region Sat, May 14, 2011 - 8:00am

A team of Let's Go Fishing volunteers from the Duluth chapter are pedaling a 1,460-mile route around the state to visit all 27 chapters, and raise funds and public awareness on behalf of the organization. They reached Willmar on Tuesday, when local representatives Sue Ripley and Roger Benson were on hand to greet them. From left are: Ripley, Chuck Wollack, Dr. Dave Spoelhof, M.D., Benson, Clarence Nylund, Sue Nylund, Nancy Saari, Dave Carlson and Dennis Hoelscher. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Pedaling optimism around the state of Minn.

WILLMAR -- Duluth Mayor Don Ness was on hand to wish them well, and 400 balloons were released as friends cheered their departure. Yet what's really etched in their memory...

outdoors / region / local Sat, May 14, 2011 - 7:57am

Pioneer TV to feature four Minnesota River state parks

APPLETON -- Pioneer Public Television is offering viewers a guided tour of four state parks on the Minnesota River. The locally produced "Our State Parks: Minnesota River Sensations'' will feature...

outdoors / region / state Sat, May 14, 2011 - 7:56am

Over 100 people gather at Olson Lake near Raymond to dedicate a cairn in Adam Hoekstra's memory on Saturday, May 7, 2011.

Dedication of Olson Lake/ Adam Hoekstra cairn

Over 100 people gather at Olson Lake near Raymond to dedicate a cairn in Adam Hoekstra's memory on Saturday, May 7, 2011. http://mediastatic.fccinter

outdoors Fri, May 13, 2011 - 3:59pm

Taking advantage of this spring's rare sunshine, a couple of anglers tried their luck earlier this week on the waters of Nest Lake. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

West central Minnesota fishing opener ... ... bigger than return of Brett Favre?

The spring of 2010 came very early, and anglers were looking forward to the walleye and northern pike opener with expectations for success matching those of Minnesota Viking fans awaiting...

outdoors / local / region / region Sat, May 07, 2011 - 8:00am

Jon Wogen of Olivia holds a brown trout caught in Boxelder Creek in the Black Hills in May 2009. He was using a gold-ribbed hare's ear nymph fly. The fish hit just as the sun was setting and the shadows from the mountains lengthened across the creek. (Submitted)

Olivia, Minn., man's love for fishing leads to all the right places

Just where will a love for fishing take you in life? In Jon Wogen's case, it has led him to: * wild streams running through the bluff country of northeastern...

life / outdoors / region Sat, May 07, 2011 - 8:00am

Shingo Yamane, right, a foreign exchange student from Japan studying in Clara City, and Glen Jacobsen, rural Bird Island, give Jacobsen's new Souris Canoe its maiden run April 23 on the Chippewa River. The river's bluffs offer a look back at more than 100,000 years of geological and glacial history in the area. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Chippewa River run: Trip offers modern perspective

The Chippewa River was back within its banks but keeping a sprinter's pace when the nine of us slipped two canoes and five kayaks into its current at Lentz's Landing...

outdoors / region Sat, Apr 30, 2011 - 8:01am

Kurt Nelson has an agreement to sell about 75 acres of land in Lake Johanna Township of Pope County to Pheasants Forever, which wants to transfer it to the state of Minnesota. The property contains fens, wetlands, an oak- covered esker ridge and the county's only designated trout stream cuts through a corner of it.
(Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Prime hunting land is target for 'no net gain' debate in west central Minnesota

LAKE JOHANNA TOWNSHIP, POPE COUNTY -- Kurt Nelson has 80 acres of land in the southeast corner of Pope County that are the kind often touted in the classified ads...

outdoors / region Sat, Apr 30, 2011 - 7:50am

Natalie Warren, in stern, and Ann Raiho paddle the Cannon River. The two are preparing for their upstream slog on the flood-swollen Minnesota River by paddling against the current on the Cannon River. (Photo courtesy of Shane Kitzman, Northfield News)

Hudson Bay bound: A long adventure to shrink the gender gap

If Ann Bancroft hasn't settled the matter once and for all, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho certainly will. The two -- soon-to-be St.

outdoors / region Fri, Apr 22, 2011 - 8:00am

DNR honors conservation officer who helped end poaching ring

OLIVIA -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Enforcement has named Greg Abraham its 2010 conservation officer of the year, it announced on Thursday. The 30-year DNR employee...

news / region / outdoors Sat, Apr 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Brad Carlson, of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries office in Spicer, transfers walleyes from his boat to a truck for transport to the hatchery in New London. The local fisheries office operates the New London Fish Hatchery and produces walleye fry and fingerlings for stocking. Tribune file photo

Meeting on DNR license fee request is set this week

WILLMAR -- License fees generated by anglers and hunters pay for the "boots on the ground" work performed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Among other duties, the DNR...

news / local / outdoors / life Mon, Mar 14, 2011 - 12:00am

Joe Ridler, left, helps Taden Heck, 5, with the construction of a wood duck house March 5 during the annual Habitat Day event at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center near New London. The event is sponsored by Prairie Pothole Chapter of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Fifth annual Habitat Day held near New London

A total of 98 wood duck houses were built during the fifth annual Wood Duck Habitat Day held the morning of March 5 at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center near...

outdoors / region Sat, Mar 12, 2011 - 1:38am

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