Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Anglers on remote lakes in northeastern Minnesota will be be able to catch more trout thanks to helicopter-based fish stocking that took place this fall.

The Minnesota DNR has released details about two recent close calls involving duck hunters to stress the importance of wearing life jackets.

Minnesota's pheasant hunting season opens Saturday, October 10 and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has great news for hunters across the state.

Minnesota law states that the damage your wake causes is treated the same as damage caused by an actual collision. Here are important things to remember.

It appears Chronic Wasting disease has spread into Houston County.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources did not detect any additional Chronic Wasting Disease cases among the samples submitted by hunters that participated in the special late season hunt in the CWD zone in southeastern Minnesota.

The Minnesota Pheasant season opens on Saturday and as we told you back in September, despite a mild winter last year, the population is estimated to be down 26 percent.

Minnesota's Waterfowl Hunting season opens on Saturday, a half hour before sunrise. According to Steve Cordts with the Department of Natural Resources, breeding duck numbers have been good in North America and Minnesota, so the numbers for hunting should be pretty good this year.

Undated (KROC AM News) -  Minnesota DNR fisheries workers conducting a survey on Cottonwood Lake a few weeks ago snagged something unusual - a three foot long American eel.

The economic impact of the fishing season is staggering, but it's the individual memories the sport creates that makes it a Minnesota treasure.