Mink trapping at dawn along rural bridges with Steve
John Lawrence Hanson recounts a pre-dawn mink and muskrat trapping run with mentor Steve across icy roads. They check lines from 2 40 a.m. to 6 14 a.m. catching nine muskrats and three mink. The piece links trapping fever to tradition and mental rigor.
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Iowa DNR weekly fishing report district highlights
Anglers report walleye in Nashua to La Porte City are fair with jig and plastic tipped with live minnows. Trout streams are in excellent condition with brook brown and rainbow trout good. ice caution advised as most lakes have 5 to 9 inches of ice and rivers low. Pool 9 bass and northern pike good. Pool 10 bluegill excellent. sauger good in tailwaters with limited access. Pool 11 yellow perch good, walleye slow in tailwaters.
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