Ice or no ice, the fishing season opens at midnight tonight
Paul Nelson
The 2008 fishing season will open at 12:01 am Saturday morning, whether there is ice left on the lakes or not. The season opens Saturday for walleyes, northern pike and trout in lakes, with the opener for bass (May 24) and muskies (June 7) later this spring.
Northland Nature: Scarlet cup fungi
Larry Weber
The time for mushrooms and other fungi in our part of the country is late summer and fall. Some, like the scarlet cup, however, show up in the spring.
Deer hunters should smile
Doug Leier
North Dakota’s deer gun season doesn’t begin until Nov. 7, and applications aren’t even due until June 4. So why am I thinking about deer already?