Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors

Paul Bunyan Country lost a great one. Paul Nelson, a long time guide and well known outdoor media personality, died late last week. On today's show, Bro Brosdahl remembers his best friend and Kev plays back an interview with Paul remembering his introduction to the outdoors. Plus, Large Lake Specialist Tony Kennedy discusses the Walleye Regulation change on Red Lake and Bro gives us some fall and...

Fall Muskie fishing is traditionally the best of the year. We get the details from area muskie guide Kevin Cochran. In addition to discussing the bite and staying warm, we delve into Kevin's opinions on the state of muskie fishing in Paul Bunyan Country and why it's so controversial to stock muskies. And Scott Anderson, Regional Director of Ducks Unlimited, updates the duck season in Paul Bunyan C...

Brice Vollbrecht has been a Paul Bunyan Country DNR Conservation Officer for the past 12 years. He's been on the air to talk rules, regs and safety many times. This week, though, he talks about the job itself. What's it like to be a Conservation Officer? Who's breaking rules? What rules get broken the most? He covers it all, and we even reminisce about his BSU Football days. PLUS: It's Fishomania...

The Lumberjack Fishing Team's season ended at the State Championships on Pelican Lake and we hear from Coach Chris Haley and Jacob Slough, who has wrapped up his Lumberjack career. Meanwhile, the Bemidji State Trap Club is hosting an important fund raiser for one of their own this Saturday. Dr. Brian Hiller, Club Advisor and BSU Professor of Wildlife Biology with the details. Plus, he gives us the...

Minnesota DNR Northwest Regional Wildlife Manager John Williams joins Kev Jackson to recap the most recent turkey season, discuss the current bear season and preview the many other hunting seasons on the way. Plus, Steve Ballou previews the 19th Annual Cystic Fibrosis Walleye Classic coming up next Saturday, October 3rd. For many anglers, it's the year's last hurrah. See Privacy Policy at https://...

For the fourth straight year, the United Way of the Bemidji Area is hosting a Trap Shooting Tournament at Bemidji's Northland Shooting Park. United Way Executive Director Denae Alamano has all the details. But first, Peter Janick recaps this past weekend's 53rd Annual Frank Schneider, Jr. Memorial Muskie Tournament. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

Another year of Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country ends with Part Two of NW Regional Fisheries Manager Henry Drewes & The State Of Teh Fishery. Alot of great topics covered and some thank you's too. Don't forget, we still talk outdoors weekly with Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors beginning Thursday, September 17th. We'll still talk plenty of fishing but also hunting and all other things outdoors. See Pri...

Well, it's been 20 weeks already and Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country is wrapping up its 30th year. As always, we wrap up the season with DNR Northwest Regional Fisheries Manager Henry Drewes' annual State of the Fishery. Part One today, along with Nate Olson of the Detroit Lakes Area Fisheries Office with our final Lake of the Week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

Steve Mattson is back to discuss fall fishing. It is definitely one of the best times to go fishing. He talks lures and presentations, how to stay warm and what the hardwater season might bring. Steve knows fishing and his insights will help you during one of the best times of the year to wet a line. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com...

Due to a couple of Thursday's with other programming, we had a couple of great interviews we wanted to make sure made it on the air this year. Coincidentally, both lakes had the same name...La Salle. One is Big La Salle. and one is just plain old La Salle right in the middle of the wonderful La Salle Recreation Area. Mike Kelly of the Park Rapids Area Fisheries Office & Andy Thompson of the Be...

Jason Durham of Go Fish Guide Service has all the details on the Park Rapids area fishing scene. In addition, we talk fall fishing and recap the summer. Jason always educates (he is a teacher after all) and today is no exception. Speaking of teaching, we find out how Nevis is approaching the upcoming school year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

Ducks Unlimited Regional Director Scott Anderson discusses the upcoming Bemidji Ducks Unlimited Banquet including the limited tickets due to Covid 19 and all other things going on in the duck world. Plus, acting Bemidji Area Fisheries Supervisor Andy Thompson with the details on the latest Lake Of The Week...and it's a big one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Brian "Bro" Brosdahl is an outstanding guide and angler and he is happy it's fall. Bro's internal furnace is stuck on high and he prefers cool to COLD weather. He's also happy because fall means the walleye fishing will kick it up several notches. Today, he recaps the last few years and previews the fall bite. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

We've talked about every conceivable fishing season and every conceivable hunting season (thanks in large part to Matt Breuer), but until today, we've never talked about wild rice season. And yet, wild rice is a staple of Minnesota brats, hotdishes, soups and more. So today, we learn everything there is to know about wild rice. Where it is, how you harvest, what you need, when you can do it and ev...

The Lumberjack Fishing Team had three teams competing in the Tournament of Champions and they're off to the Minnesota State Team Championships September 19th and 20th. Today, we hear from three team members and Coach Chris Haley. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The 53rd Annual Frank Schneider Memorial Muskie Tournament is coming to 25 bodies of water in Paul Bunyan Country September 11-13. We talked with Peter Janick earlier this week, but check back in because the registration deadline is EARLY this year, and you've only got a few days left! The Frank Schneider is a sign that fall is on the way and so are the cooler temps that are moving in, so we check...

Charlie Worrath of Charlie's Gone Fishing Guide Service returns to the show to talk Lake Winni fishing. The action has been good and the future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades. We'll get all the details on Wonderful Winnibigoshish. Plus, Doug Schultz of the Walker Area Fisheries Office has all the details on our latest Lake of the Week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

We get the details on late August action from Bemidji area guide Dick Beardsley. Dick's been fishing many different lakes and is reeling in bass, crappies and walleyes. We'll get the details and the how to as well as what we can expect in the fall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

If you know anything about Matt Breuer, you know he probably has five or six freezers to store all the animals and fish he shoots and catches. He's ready for Bear. Bear season starts September 1 and he's out baiting right now. Today, Matt discusses the part of the bait, as well as the joy of the hunt, including critters you didn't even know there was a hunting season for in Minnesota. And he's sti...

The 53rd Annual Frank Schneider Jr Memorial Muskie Tournament is coming to Paul Bunyan Country. Though sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies Inc, the event is run on 25 Paul Bunyan Country Lakes in September. We'll hear from the new Tourney Chair Peter Janick. He's got all the details including one very important one...the registration deadline is much earlier this year. So, listen up! S...

Chip Leer loves the outdoors. And his passion became his profession. He joined Kev Jackson last year to discuss his love of fishing and the outdoors, how he turned it into his profession and his feelings about being inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. It's a must listen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

When Northland Tackle created their famous line of Impulse Baits, they enlisted the help of Bemidji State Professor Dr. Don Cloutman and the BSU Aquatic Biology Department to create the scent that makes them so effective. Kev Jackson talked with Dr. Cloutman several years ago about how Northland & BSU came together and the process of creating the Impulse Baits. By the way, it was this intervie...

Kev Jackson is out of town and so you're hearing some of his best interviews of all time. In 1955, a two week stretch of muskie fishing on Leech Lake may have been the most amazing period of muskie fishing in the history of Planet Earth. Hall of Famer Al Maas was in the midst of it and tells his story in this classic interview from 2015. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californ...

Back in 20015Dave Maas wrote an article proclaiming Bemidji State the #1 Fishing College in America. He discussed the criteria that he used to determine the ranking and why Bemidji State earned the honor. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Kev Jackson has a new granddaughter so he is out of town. Before he left, he found some of his best interviews of the past to feature this week. First up, Hall of Famers John & Duane Peterson discuss the history of Northland Tackle and their love of fishing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .