FISHING
COMPASS POINTS: NEWS FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITH HERALD OUTDOOR WRITER BRAD DOKKEN N.D. to close paddlefish harvest season Friday night
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced today that the states 2013 paddlefish snagging season will close to any additional harvest at 10 p.m. CDT Friday to protect populations as the take ...
Posted on 5/16/13 at 2:27 PM
OUTDOORS WITH SAM COOK Sales of Minnesota fishing licenses down significantly
Not surprisingly, the sale of Minnesota fishing licenses is lagging far behind sales in recent years, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota's general fishing season ope...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 4:54 PM
THE LOST ITALIAN Easy and Delicious Walleye Cakes
Walleye Cakes RECIPE The Minnesota fishing season is now open and that means that its time to get the boats back into the water (as soon as all the ice is gone!) toresume the pursuit of the states ...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 12:56 PM
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYOND want trout?
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently stocked six lakes with 2-to-5 pound trout from Wyoming. Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development section leader, said each...
Posted on 5/13/13 at 10:22 AM
Gov. Dayton catches first walleye at 12:25 a.m.
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Park Rapids fishing guide Jason Durham received praise from Gov. Mark Dayton Saturday morning after a successful fishing outing shortly after midnight.
By Anna Erickson, Forum News Service , May 11, 2013
Finding open lakes will be tough during fishing opener 
FARGO – Today’s Minnesota fishing opener stands to be one local anglers won’t forget, and depending on how the late ice-out affects their fishing options, it may turn out to be one they will not want to remember.
By Tom Mix , May 10, 2013
VIDEO: Flying over Minnesota lakes to see ice cover
WDAY Photographer Mike Erickson takes a helicopter tour of Minnesota lake to show the current ice cover.
May 10, 2013
Spearfish decoy business booming for Lidgerwood man
LIDGERWOOD, N.D. - Rick Whittier’s business keeps him so busy making fish, he barely has time to catch them anymore. “We even got a brand new spear this year, and we never even got to use it,” he said.
By Mike Nowatzki , May 10, 2013
Ice concerns linger for Minnesota walleye opener
GRAND FORKS – This is going to be one (fill in the blank here) Minnesota walleye opener.
By Brad Dokken / Forum News Service , May 04, 2013
Nominees taken for N.D. Fishing Hall of Fame
GARRISON, N.D. – The North Dakota Fishing Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for potential Hall of Fame inductees.
By Forum staff reports , May 01, 2013
Winter-like conditions impact spring pike excursion on Devils Lake
On Devils Lake
The two Canada geese looked almost confused as they stood on the ice and watched us drive by on snowmobile.
By Brad Dokken / Forum News Service , April 21, 2013
Ice-locked lakes create concern for Minnesota fishing opener
ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s fishing opener is just around the corner, causing worry for fishing guides and others faced with ice-locked lakes.
By Associated Press , April 20, 2013
North Dakota aquatic nuisances not just biological problem
BISMARCK – It won’t be long before another season for open-water fishing and boating returns to North Dakota, and that means another season of monitoring for aquatic nuisance species, or ANS.
By By Brian Gehring, Bismarck Tribune , April 15, 2013
Walleye harvest from Mille Lacs Lake to be slashed
MINNEAPOLIS — State and tribal officials have agreed to slash the walleye harvest from one of the state's most popular fisheries, Mille Lacs Lake.
By Associated Press , January 28, 2013
Northwest Minnesota inventor creates a product to remove slush from ice fishing holes
GRAND FORKS – There are a lot of ways to clear the slush out of an ice fishing hole, but most are either sloppy or time consuming.
By Brad Dokken / Forum News Service , January 20, 2013
Fargo ice fishing derby postponed
FARGO- The Fargo Park District is postponing the Youth Ice Fishing Derby scheduled for Saturday until Jan. 19 because of the weather.
By Forum staff reports , January 11, 2013
ND fish houses must float
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reminding anglers that unoccupied fish houses left on the ice this winter must be made out of materials that will allow the structure to float.
By Associated Press , December 25, 2012
New Texas fishing fraud law put to use in tourney
PORT ISABEL, Texas — Game wardens inspecting the takes of the “Nice Tails” team at the annual Ladies Kingfish tournament last month knew something was up when they saw a trout with a mottled belly and a flounder whose appearance after the team's last inspection was fishy at best.
By Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News , September 05, 2012
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