Syrup Making in Minnesota Backyard Operation
In Minnesota near Stillwater a five-family syrup-making group boils sap in a backyard, tapping about 500 trees and trading finished syrup with tree owners. The operation blends hobby and craft as geese migrate, maple sap flows, and the community embraces 100 percent maple syrup.
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Minneapolis
Jim Smith
Minnesota
Smith
Wisconsin
Stillwater
Dave Swager
Vince Anderson
Jim
Pam
Eric Lindberg
Swager
Smith, Et al
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minn
Muskies Migrate From Minnesota River To Lake Superior
Sixty muskies fitted with hydro acoustic tags in the St. Louis River show nearly 40 percent venture into Lake Superior, with 25 percent staying there over a month. Findings from a five year study by Minnesota Wisconsin DNAs and University of Minnesota reveal movements from Spirit Lake and Pokegama Bay in spring to Pokegama Bay and Duluth harbor in summer and fall, prompting questions about habits across fish strains.
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Duluth
Minn
St. Louis River
Lake Superior
Chequamegon Bay
Washburn
Bark Bay
Cornucopia
Curt Ellestad
Muskies Inc
Ellestad
Jeremy Pinkerton
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Paul Piszczek
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fisheries
Superior
Minnesota
Wisconsin
University of Minnesota
Erin Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Iowa Fishing Report Highlights Early Spring Conditions
The Iowa DNR notes Lake Macbride at normal spring level 200 of 679.4 feet, main ramp open, beat dock in, ice present, caution advised for boating. Walleye and northern pike reports vary by location, trout stocking starts April 2, and river systems like Maquoketa and Upper Iowa show improving but variable conditions with backwaters ice-free and temperatures rising toward the 40s. Contact Lake Macbride Fisheries Station at 319 624-3615 or Decorah Hatchery at 563 382-8324 for current details.
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Vince Anderson
Iowa State University
Anderson
Steve
Swager
Lindbergs
Lake Macbride Park
He Lake Macbride
Tom
Decorah
Mississippi River
Ansing
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Iowa State
the Gazette
Fishing Report
DNR
Coralville Reservoir
Lake Macbride
Pleasant Creek
Iowa Lake
Volga Lake
Cedar River
Benton County
Manchester
Maquoreta River
Maquoketa
Monticello
Iowa River
Iowa
Wapsipinicon River
Buchanan County
Troy Mills
Oxford Junction
Ynxville
Guttenberg
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