Jon at Buck’s Hardware Hank files this year’s final report: As the fishing season slowly starts to wind into the hunting season, I am writing the last report. People are starting to winterize their boats while weighing whether or not they should hit the lakes for one last go-around. Lake Superior lake trout seem to be coming in shallower this […]
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 […]
Leave Saganaga alone
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries hosted a meeting last week to discuss a proposed special regulation for Saganaga and Seagull lakes at the end of the Gunflint Trail. The proposed regulations for walleye would include a strict slot limit allowing three fish to be kept between 17 and 19 inches (one of the three walleyes can be […]
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, Sept. 2212:07 a.m., Grand Marais: Deer in the middle of the lakesidelane of the highway near […]
