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PARENT INFORMATION CENTER Grand Forks Events
Check out some of the upcoming events in our area. *Every Friday, starting tonight (May 17th)River Cities Speedway will be alive with the sights and sounds of Premier Racing!If interested check out r...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 2:08 PM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH 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 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
STORM TRACKER Icy Opener?
Detroit Lake has one of the longest ice out records of any lake in Minnesota. This spring will be the 117th year that such data has been kept. In the previous 116 years, the latest date the ice wen...
Posted on 4/20/13 at 6:05 PM
OUTDOOR NOTES: Governor to sign Michigan wolf bill 
Michigan’s Republican-led state House passed legislation Thursday that could block voters from deciding whether to allow wolf hunting in Michigan.
By Brad Dokken , May 05, 2013
Longtime North Dakota game warden calls it a career
Gary Rankin has been a fixture in eastern N.D. since joining Game and Fish Department in 1977
By Brad Dokken , May 05, 2013
DOUG LEIER: Everyone plays a role in keeping aquatic nuisance species at bay
Even if May just finally feels like spring for many of us, in most years by the time May rolls around, many anglers already have enjoyed a few outings wetting a line.
By Doug Leier , May 05, 2013
Becoming an Outdoors Woman proves to be a memorable adventure for mother and daughter
Cheri and Madelyn Petersen had done “a little bit” of fishing, including a charter boat trip for salmon on Lake Michigan, but they’d never tangled with anything like the behemoth that now was sending large bubbles to the surface from the murky depths of the Rainy River.
By Brad Dokken , May 05, 2013
TALKIN WITH DOKKEN: Will the ice melt fast enough for walleye opener
Brad Dokken answers the question: So is the ice going to be off Minnesota’s lakes in time for Saturday’s walleye opener?
By Brad Dokken , May 05, 2013
OUTDOORS REPORT: Area fishing and hunting report
Walleye season remains closed until May 11, but sturgeon fishing has been very good, with numbers of fish, including several measuring longer than 60 inches and weighing more than 80 pounds, being reported.
By Herald Staff Report , May 03, 2013
What if ice isn’t gone in time for fishing openers?
What if? That’s what anglers across the Northland are wondering. What if the ice doesn’t go out in time for Minnesota’s fishing opener on May 11 or Wisconsin’s opener on Saturday?
By Sam Cook , May 02, 2013
Paddlefish snagging season opens in northwest ND
May Day marks the start of the annual paddlefish snagging season in northwestern North Dakota.
By Associated Press , May 01, 2013
Veteran anglers to host state leaders for Governor’s Fishing Opener
By Forum News Service , April 30, 2013
OUTDOOR CALENDAR: North Dakota Class II instruction and testing
List of upcoming events related to the outdoors
By Herald Staff Report , April 28, 2013
TALKIN WITH DOKKEN: Underwater cameras
Brad Dokken answers the question: Do the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources or the North Dakota Game and Fish Department offer underwater cameras to watch spawning fish?
By Brad Dokken , April 28, 2013
OUTDOOR NOTES: Cormorant cull set for Lake Vermilion
Double-crested cormorants will be controlled at Lake Vermilion in northeast Minnesota this spring in an effort to limit the number of birds that eat yellow perch and potentially small walleyes, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
By Herald Staff Report , April 28, 2013
Get your gear on: Clam screen tent
Hub-style portable ice fishing shelters that pop in seconds have been the rage among wintertime anglers in recent years.
By Herald Staff Report , April 28, 2013
Lake of the Woods' Rocky Point boat access moves toward reality
A DNR official says developing a road to the site, which is located off Lake of the Woods County Road 17 north of Roosevelt, Minn., has been a key reason for the delay.
By Brad Dokken , April 28, 2013
DNR to cut cormorant population on Lake Vermilion
Fisheries officials plan to kill part of the cormorant population on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota because its perch population has fallen and they worry that the decline could eventually harm the scenic lake's walleye numbers, the Department of Natural Resources said Monday.
By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
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