St. Louis River sturgeon studies continue

St. Louis River sturgeon studies continue

DULUTH — Ever since Dean Paron reeled in his first sturgeon when he was 7 years old, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources stream habitat supervisor has developed a passion for introducing younger anglers to the experience. “I thought it was a shark,” Paron recalled from his early childhood memory of fishing the Kettle River with his family. “This big, prehistoric cartilaginous fish that you pull into the boat.” It was a nostalgic occurr…

The work before Walleye Weekend

BY STEVE WEISMAN OUTDOORS EDITOR A season of fishing in the Iowa Great Lakes would seem pretty uneventful without the DNR’s gillnetting operations in each spring. Gillnetting — the Iowa Department of National Resources process of catching fertile fish — was especially quick and successful in 2025, based on reports from the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery.