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Erin Shoberg, of Fargo, smiles as her dog, Remy, investigates her walleye caught recently on Ottertail Lake in Minnesota. Tyler Shoberg / West Fargo Pioneer

Open Season: Wind, waves, walleyes sure signs of spring

The wind whipped Ottertail Lake into a wave-riddled froth resembling an army of white-helmeted soldiers marching to war. Then the trolling motor quit. When dead in the water on angry...

outdoors Wed, May 30, 2012 - 12:00am

The author's father, Bret Shoberg, and dog, Remy, fish on Ottertail Lake in central Minnesota during an outing in early June. Tyler Shoberg / West Fargo Pioneer

Open Season: Summer is finally here; right time to hit the lakes

"I don't even remember what a bite feels like," I grumbled, as we trolled along one of Ottertail Lake's numerous drop-offs. "This is ridiculous." "Oh, shut up," my wife, Erin,...

outdoors Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Boats cruise a central Minnesota lake during fishing opener Saturday, May 15.

Open Season: If it seems to good to be true, it is - especially on fishing opener

As my grandfather, Vern Drechsel, skillfully played his first walleye of Minnesota's fishing opener into the awaiting landing net, it donned on me that something wasn't quite right. I pondered...

outdoors / sports Wed, May 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Cattle graze on a fog-covered hillside somewhere in north-central North Dakota during mid April. Tyler Shoberg/The Pioneer

Open Season: You never leave North Dakota empty-handed

Alaska has its fjords, Montana has the Rocky Mountains, and Minnesota has 10,000 lakes; but to experience pure, unabridged feelings of complete freedom, North Dakotans need look no further than...

outdoors Wed, Apr 21, 2010 - 12:00am