A deerfly was dining on my sandalled foot as I watched fishing line twist slowly into the lake. A loon yodeled. I shooed away the fly and enjoyed the loon. Finally, the line stopped slipping off the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — With the Minnesota fishing opener just a week away, the state is once again pleading with anglers to get the lead out of their tackle boxes for the health and safety of loons, swans and ...

CROSSLAKE, Minn. — Lindy Legendary Fishing Tackle has become the first major U.S. fishing tackle manufacturer to pledge to get the lead out of its products within three years, signing an agreement ...

Back in 2003, Brad Yaritz of White Bear Lake read a magazine article about loons dying after eating lead. From fishing tackle. “That really stuck with me, for years,” said Yaritz, who at the time had ...

The proposal will protect the birds from poisoning so that we all can continue to enjoy them. FALMOUTH – The call of the common loon is one of Maine’s unique and iconic sounds. It conjures up images ...

DULUTH — When the News Tribune ran a story in March on how jigs are by far the No. 1 lure for the most world-record fish, it probably didn’t surprise any walleye anglers in Minnesota. The data from ...

As of January 1, lead fishing sinkers and lead jigs weighing less than one ounce will be prohibited in all freshwaters of the Commonwealth. This includes lead sinkers and jigs (weighing less than an ...

Environment Minister David Anderson announced Tuesday he plans to bring in regulations to ban the import, manufacture and sale of fishing sinkers and jigs containing lead. Anderson said lost sinkers ...

OTTAWA, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Canadian environment ministry announced Tuesday it will soon issue a ban on lead fishing sinkers and jigs to protect wildlife. Environment Minister David Anderson said the ...