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Hook and bullet club

Catching big fish is something every angler hopes for at least once in a lifetime.

Birdshot and backlashes

There is not a whole lot better eating than a hot dish of Calvatia gigantea.

Walleyes get back on track as summer heats up fishing action

Hello sun and goodbye slow fishing.Ely area lakes heated up temperature-wise and action-wise as summer burned its way

Birdshot & backlashes -strawberries

This may be the year of years for berry picking. Wild strawberry blossoms were profuse. Billions of them.

Birdshot and backlashes

This may be the year of years for berry picking. Wild strawberry blossoms were profuse. Billions of them.

Birdshot & Backlashes - Berry time

This may be the year of years for berry picking. Wild strawberry blossoms were profuse. Billions of them.

Hook and bullet club - Trail shelters

A phone call from a family that lost a loved one brought trails back into focus last week.The family wanted to know i

Blue skies? You betcha! Anglers releasing big fish

You can stop building that ark now, it appears the rains have subsided for a while and now we can finally go out in t

Birdshot and backlashes

The unending continuation of the seasons is an absorbing mystery.

Hook & bullet club - Lost and found pet

Imagine coming to northern Minnesota with your family pet and going home without it.

Walleye fishing picking up, rain pushes water levels higher

So you’ve got your Rapala trailing behind your boat, hoping to hook another walleye to fill out the stringer.

Birdshot and backlashes

It is sometimes amazing the stuff people pick up. Like names of things.

Hook and bullet club

Tauno Maki brought in a copy of a clipping from the Ely Fish Facts, a summer publication of the old Ely Miner newspap

Fishing turns red hot in Ely area, 12 lb. 10 oz. walleye registered here

You kind of just knew it was a matter of time before the fishing turned around and anglers started swamping registrat

Monster Basswood Lake northern pike filling up anglers’ landing nets

Basswood Lake is still the home of the state record northern pike and this week’s entries show the lake is still prod

Birdshot and backlashes

Peak time. Memorial Day weekend is usually one of the red hot fishing periods every summer.

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