Points North: Strangers Meet, Fish and Have Fun
By Shawn Perich Sometimes, fishing makes for odd boat fellows. Four of us had planned to go brook trout fishing, but two of our party...
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Points North: Whopper Redhorse No Record, But…
By Shawn Perich The fish story is only as good as the storyteller. Richard “Finn” Ostman of Alango (“a high-class suburb of Cook”) has a...
Points North: When you teach someone to fish…
By Shawn Perich Recently, I taught six adults how to fish without taking them fishing. The Basic Fishing class was held at the North House...
Points North: Fishing Home Waters on a Backyard Holiday
By Shawn Perich Kadunce Creek was kind to me. The big rainbow trout we call steelhead, newly arrived from the depths of Lake Superior, were...
Points North: Sunscreen and Life Preservers Won’t Cramp Your Style
By Shawn Perich This spring, I’m shopping for a new hat. Like many hunters and anglers, I’ve always worn ball caps. Now I’m looking for...
Points North: North of the Border, They’re Worried about Moose, Too
By Shawn Perich John Kaplanis wants to meet Minnesota’s moose biologists. As the executive director of the Northern Ontario Sportsmen’s Alliance, Kaplanis, of Thunder Bay,...
Points North: Fishing Opener Forecast: Ice Expected
By Shawn Perich Up here at the tip of Minnesota’s Arrowhead, the fishing opener seems far, far away. Sure, DNR officialdom says it will be...
Points North: For Trout Anglers, a Late Spring is a Good Thing
By Shawn Perich On recent evenings I’ve gone walking with the dog on a frozen river near my home. The deep snow is dense and...