BRAD DOKKEN
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Seven-year-old lands a fish tale to remember
Young Evan Hansen was fishing Devils Lake with his grandparents, Glenn and Bridgie Hansen of Grand Forks, on Sunday night when he hooked into a fish tale none of them will soon forget. As Bridgie tel...
Posted on 8/2/12 at 11:04 AM
BRAD DOKKEN: Hey ... I think I know that bear 
I’ve often wondered how those little cubs fared. Turns out one of them, at least, is doing just fine.
By Brad Dokken , April 22, 2012
VIDEO: Fish ID book gets put to good use during Florida Keys adventure
“The Sport Fish of Florida” book aboard the 23-foot ProLine Gary Moeller piloted during our recent trip to the Florida Keys got a good workout every day we were on the water. Without the book, a lot of the fish we caught would have gone down in our memory banks as “sea bass.”
By Brad Dokken , April 15, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN: Cutting, splitting firewood offers rewarding winter finale
The fire pit consumes a lot of wood during fall hunting excursions, but the wood pile that had accumulated during a glorious weekend spent outdoors should last until next winter.
By Brad Dokken , March 18, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN: Nighttime eelpout frenzy saves slow day of fishing
We might have struggled to catch walleyes and saugers by day, but the eelpout were in a fighting mood by night. If anyone had been there to listen, they would have heard the cries of “Pout!” resonating through the darkness.
By Brad Dokken , March 11, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN: The woods have plenty to teach — even on a quiet morning
Every cabin in the woods, it seems, has personality, but this one has more than most. It’s like a museum, really, this log cabin so meticulously crafted by its owner with help from his friends.
By Brad Dokken , February 05, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN: Even the best-laid plans sometimes don't go as planned
It all started — didn’t start would be more accurate — when I hopped in the truck. I turned the key and heard a whole lot of nothing.
By Brad Dokken , January 15, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN: Conservation officer takes his best shot to free entangled bucks
For conservation officer Jeremy Woinarowicz, freeing the live buck from the dead buck presented a dilemma. There weren’t any neighboring officers or other DNR personnel in the vicinity, and large angry bucks generally don’t appreciate human intervention. This deer was no exception.
By Brad Dokken , January 07, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN COLUMN: Looking back on 10 outdoors highlights from 2011
Time outdoors is about making memories, and good memories are treasures worth revisiting.
By Brad Dokken , January 01, 2012
BRAD DOKKEN COLUMN: Red Lake's recovery tops the list of favorite stories
Waskish was like a ghost town that gray January day in 1999. Stores, gas stations and resorts no longer were open and the largest inland lake in Minnesota looked as barren as the moon. There wasn’t an ice fishing house on the lake, not a single road was plowed.
By Brad Dokken , December 25, 2011
BRAD DOKKEN: Time will tell if lack of snow means repeat of December 2006
It’s been a few years since we’ve had this kind of start to winter. There’s no snow, and the prospects for a brown Christmas are better than they’ve been in a long time.
By Brad Dokken , December 18, 2011
BRAD DOKKEN: Digging out neglected ice fishing gear leads to moldy discovery
It should come as no surprise that my portable fish house, which has a sled base with compartments to store my gear, spent the spring, summer and fall in my garage — exactly where I unceremoniously left it late last winter.
By Brad Dokken , December 11, 2011
Wildlife managers continue to hear about wolves and coyotes
There’s no doubt the much-maligned canines take a few deer. Last winter, wolves killed six of 16 deer that had been fitted with GPS collars as part of a study the Department of Natural Resources was conducting near Fourtown, Minn. A seventh deer that died also might have been taken by wolves, but researchers weren’t able to say for sure.
By Brad Dokken , November 20, 2011
Deer hunting success down on both sides of the Red River
The first week of deer season on both sides of the Red River can be summed up in two words, far as I can tell: “Pretty quiet” — perhaps even “really quiet.”
By Brad Dokken , November 13, 2011
LAKE OF THE WOODS: Hot times in 'sauger-ville'
Late-fall fishing trip to Lake of the Woods serves up plenty of action sprinkled with some friendly competition
By Brad Dokken , November 06, 2011
DNR commissioner reaches out to northwest Minnesota
Ask just about anyone who lives in northwest Minnesota, and they’ll tell you the DNR hasn’t exactly won any popularity contests in recent years.
By Brad Dokken , October 30, 2011
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