How many times have you heard a sportsman lament the brilliance of fall? They’re not complaining about the fishing and hunting, they’re complaining about not being able to enjoy it…
Joel Nelson
Username: @jnelson
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August Showdown – Lakes vs. Rivers
August traditionally is a tough time to get a good bite going for most walleye lakes I fish, but there’s definitely options and ways to get it done. Usually, this…
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Longville, MN Area Report
Mid-summer walleyes can be tough customers, but there are always things you can do to improve your catch rate, even when the bite gets tough. In the inaugural edition of…
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Bluegills on Beds in Northern Minnesota
It’s that time of year again, where the biggest gills in the lake congregate in trailer-tire sized depressions along the shores of your favorite lake. It’s an exciting time to…
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Keep It Simple For June Bass
Why is it that some of the most pleasing fishing you can do is some of the simplest? I’m not stepping on bass-anglers with that comment either, but chuckin’ baits…
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Anatomy of A Good Morel Spot
There’s been a bit of chatter on the In-Depth Outdoors Hunting and Fishing pages recently about morel mushrooms. What’s rare here, is that there’s quite a few people willing to…
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Lake Pepin Early Season Crankbait Report – 5/23/14
The trolling bite on Lake Pepin is “just-about” ready to kick into full gear, as I found today while taking a few morning passes. Coming down-river, I knew that while…
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SD/NE Combo Hunt
One of the best ways to become a good turkey hunter is to hunt new places. Each bird we call at is an individual, yet all turkeys show some of…
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Early Season Lessons – State of the Turkeys
I’ve been out quite a bit in the past week and a half, trying to slap a tag on a few Nebraska birds, while also trying to keep tabs on…
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MN “B” Season Lightning Hunt
I’ll never forget taking out a first-time turkey hunter almost 10 years ago, who upon picking up his flopping bird less than 2 hours into the first morning’s hunt, had…
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Lake of the Woods Late Ice Pike
One of the best things about taking part in In-Depth Outdoors is the constant and free-flowing exchange of fishing knowledge passed about the website forums, TV, and YouTube. Whether Pro-staff…
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South Dakota Crappie Report – Details on the Bite
Last week in South Dakota saw some of the fastest perch and crappie action I’ve ever been witness to when filming. Many have probably already caught the show – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsyXDPb96BQ…
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Superior’s Giant Lakers
Some fish species, like Lakers, grow on you. The more you fish them, the more you want to fish them, until you find yourself a few miles out on Lake…
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Lake Michigan Salmon – Two Rivers Report
Fishing, for me, has always been a universal language that’s spoken only slightly differently from lake-to-lake, stream-to-stream. While the details may be different from species to species and in different…
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Small-River August Smallmouth
Small rivers kick out big fish, and big numbers of fish. It’s a fact that many of us acknowledge, yet few of us seem to take advantage of. Be it…
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Trolling Bite Continues into August
With Inconsistent weather and weather fronts, I have stuck to the only thing that has remained consistent in South Dakota: trolling cranks. Fish have remained in that 12-14 foot depths…
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Leech Lake Mid-Summer Report – July 19th – 21st
I’ve got good news and bad. The walleye bite has, predictably, slowed in most of the areas I fish. The good news? Year after year, the same small adjustments keep…
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Lake Superior Laker and Pike Report
When is the last time you went after lake trout with 37-degree water temperatures? Don’t fish lakers? How about pike? Aside from ice-fishing and even the most brutal of late…
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Cabela’s Free Family Outdoors Day – Owatonna, MN
“Big gills, equipment, bait, food, and entertainment provided…for free? Tell me more.” This was my response after talking to Danny Thompson, Retail Marketing Manager for the Owatonna, Cabela’s store. I…
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Southeastern Minnesota Trout Report
Trout fishing is what I grew up with, and with stream conditions the way they are, I felt a need to check out some old stomping grounds. Like so many…