Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank files this report: Northerns and smallies, northerns and smallies… it’s what I’ve been hearing all week. People have been trolling their favorite northern lakes with various Rapalas and spoons. There are those who are still fishing with sucker minnows as well. The smallies are in their familiar haunts in 4 to 12 feet of water. […]
Deer feeding numbers tallied
In response to a severe Winter Severity Index for 2014 an emergency winter deer feeding program was approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and conducted by the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association during the winter of 2014 (March-April). The program was funded by the DNR through a Minnesota taxpayer based account funded by the 50 cent per deer […]
Mayflies in July
While fishing on Hungry Jack Lake this week I was amazed by the amount of surface activity disturbing the otherwise calm water. At times the lake appeared to be alive with splashes and swirls erupting around our boat. I tried throwing a top-water lure, but the voracious little bass that were causing all of the commotion had mayfly on the […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to all […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, June 305:34 a.m., Grand Marais: Power outage reported on CountyRoad 6.6:26 a.m., Schroeder: Power outage on […]
