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By Tom Conroy…Published Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Collecting dust on a shelf in the garage was where it eventually landed, a big old bucktail lure I bought years ago in anticipation of the only muskie fishing trip I ever went on. I had forgotten about the bucktail, until the day my rambunctious Labrador discovered it.
Trying to extract a fishing lure of any type from the mouth of a 65-pound dog is not a pleasant experience. Somehow I did finally manage to separate dog and bucktail with the aid of a tin snips. Don't ask me how. The bucktail's final cast was into the garbage.
I used to fish much more often in my younger years. But over time, it seemed, fishing became more complicated and competitive, time got shorter, and I had increasingly fewer fish to fry. Cane poles and row boats had disappeared from the landscape, replaced with high-powered boats, electronics and an assortment of lures, baits, rigs and tackle so vast it can make a person's head spin. Fishing regulations also became more complex as time went by. But were these trends the real reason that I began to fish less?
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Dead
fish after ice-out likely result of winterkill
For The Journal…Published Monday, April 14, 2008
The retreat of ice from Minnesota's shorelines may soon leave a grim
reminder of winter's effects around some ponds and lakes. That is
according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
In most cases the dead fish are the result of a normal process known
as "winterkill." When snow and ice cover a lake, they limit the
sunlight reaching aquatic plants. The plants die from lack of
sunlight, stop producing oxygen, and then decompose - a process that
also consumes oxygen. This oxygen deficit can kill other fish,
although it seldom affects all fish.
By
Tom Hintgen The Daily Journal Published Monday, September 24, 2007
Fall fishing in Otter Tail County is gaining in popularity. Along with the thrill of landing a fish is being outdoors is the cool and crisp air and witnessing the rich colors of changing leaves near the shorelines.
Fewer boaters this time of year also means that those trying to lure fish, for the most part, have the lake pretty much to themselves — especially on weekdays.
Talkin’ Fishin’ - Fish the weedline for summer action
by Bob Jensen, DL-Online Published Sunday, June 17, 2007
In the summer, predator fish like walleyes, pike, bass, and crappies will be wherever their food is. If there isn’t something for them to eat in an area, they simply won’t be there, or at least they won’t be there very long. One area where there is usually something for the fish to eat is the weedline. Throughout the summer months, predator fish can usually find an abundance of food on the weedline. Here’s how you can catch those weedline fish.
Fishing's not
hooking as many young people
Officials, industry worry about Minnesota's recreation
future as traditions lose popularity
BY CHRIS NISKANEN…..Pioneer
Press…..
Posted on Fri, Jan. 05, 2007
A few days ago, Jed Knuttila was ice fishing
on White Bear Lake and wondered aloud, "Where are all the kids who
used to fish out here?"
It's now a proven fact — fewer young Minnesotans, especially those
ages 16 to 44, are fishing these days, and the decline will likely
continue, according to Department of Natural Resources officials.
Fish virus has not spread to area lakes: Virus affects mostly bass but is no threat to humans
By Matt Bewley… Fergus Falls, Minnesota…. Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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A fish disease discovered five years ago in the Mississippi River has spread to Minnesota's inland lakes, though it doesn’t present a danger to humans, the Department of Natural Resources announced in December.
An ice-fishing primer for the novice, a reminder to veterans
By Matt Bewley… Fergus Falls, Minnesota….Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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The lakes and rivers are icing up, and many seasoned veterans of ice-fishing are raring to get out there and drop a line through the ice. For some of us, though, it remains a complete mystery. Here then is an ice-fishing primer for the winter fishing rookies.
Fishing in Pelican Lake
by Howard Ottoson
When did fishing begin in Pelican Lake? For the Indians of this area fishing was an important source of food. Like us, they used hooks and lines, but they also seined and harpooned fish. Likewise, early settlers depended on fishing as an important source of food. Netting with gill nets was an efficient way of harvesting.