fishing

Residents enjoy early spring weather
March 13, 2024
This year’s unseasonable warmth began over the weekend and continued into Monday as temperatures rose into the mid-70s. “It’s just a nice day to be out,” said Schomacker, who enjoyed the outdoors after work. High temperature records were broken Monday in Sioux Falls (80 degrees; old record of 75 was set in 2016) and in Pipestone (73 degrees; old record of 73, also in 2016.) However the lamb-like…
Friends, fishing: 'No better way to spend four days'
By Rick Peterson, general manager
May 16, 2023
In recent weeks I have been planning for an upcoming fishing trip. For years my two fishing buddies, Leroy and Dan, and I — and yes, I have fishing buddies … I also have hunting buddies, side-by-side buddies, and I even have a group of Power Ball buddies, not to mention my coffee buddies — anyway, my fishing buddies and I get together for a four-day trip to the waters of the Missouri River. Due…
Annual fishing trip resumes; brings broken toe and shower race win
By Rick Peterson, general manager
June 01, 2021
Last year COVID-19 put the kibosh on my annual three-day fishing trip. For the past six years a couple of my buddies and I have been spending a few days fishing Lake Sharp on the Missouri River. We camp at the West Bend State Park in South Dakota. It’s not really camping when one of those buddies has a 40-foot RV. As good fortune would have it, the other buddy has a 20-foot Lund that we fish out…
Do the right thing even when no one is looking
By Scott Rall
March 11, 2020
I was recently discussing what percentage of sportsmen and women fudge on the rules a little in terms of game and fish regulations. For some reason there is a segment of this group that does not place the same emphasis on game and fish rules as they do other regulations. I have never had even one game violation in over 45 years spent in the outdoors. This is not meant to be a feat of any kind.…
Fishing with multiple lines should impact possession limit
By Scott Rall
March 04, 2020
How is it that you can fish with more lines per person in almost every other state than you can in Minnesota? Our neighbor states have always allowed more lines than Minnesota does. Today you can fish with one line in open water and two lines when fishing through the ice. It varies, but I know, for example, in Nebraska you can use four lines at a time when fishing through the ice. Many other…
Fishing adventure brings stories of weather woes, a new rod and reel and uncontrollable laughter
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General Manager
May 25, 2015
I hung the “Gone Fishing” sign on the office door last week, and as you have come to expect when I am involved, the trip had some trials and tribulations. One of my mottos in life is, “It’s not what you have, it’s who you know and what they have.” Luckily for me, my two fishing buddies have everything needed for a great fishing trip to the Missouri River in South Dakota. Fishing Buddy Leroy has…

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