Blissful Spring Bass Run Remains A Personal Glory
A writer recalls a perfect Good Friday fishing session at a favored spring hole for pre spawn smallmouth bass. Across 44 casts he lands 38 bass, the scene described with vivid detail and a lingering post outing glow. A follow up on Good Saturday features a 30 inch plus northern pike and persistent bites that refuse to end the session.
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Geico
Mike Jacobs
Monticello
Mike
Minnesota conservation funding hinges on outdoor users
A opinion piece argues hunters and anglers have shouldered most conservation costs in Minnesota through licenses, stamps, and lottery-backed funding. It notes WMAs and waterfowl production areas rely on hunter dollars, warns resources risk decline as user bases age, and calls for broader public support to sustain forests, waters, and wildlife.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Iowa DNR Fishing Report Highlights Regional Bite Trends
The weekly Iowa DNR report notes steady water, excellent channel catfish action in Nashua area, fair walleye and crappie from Nashua to La Porte City, slow catfish and white bass near Cedar Rapids, trout stockings weekly with streams in excellent condition, and varied results for largemouth bass and other species across pools 9 to 11. Weather and insect hatches influence activity. next week forecast calls for near 70s. For full details contact local hatcheries and stations.
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Iowa Dnr
Iowadar.gov
Nashua
la Porte City
Cedar Rapids
Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery
Interior
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Manchester
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