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Dennis Anderson

Dennis Anderson

Columnist  |  Outdoors

Phone: 612-673-4424

E-mail: danderson@startribune.com

Dennis Anderson is outdoors editor and columnist.

Recent content from Dennis Anderson

  • Snow, snappin' walleyes? Yup
    The white stuff turned into the wet stuff, and still many anglers couldn't find a reason to leave a lake where the fish were biting.
    May 13, 2008
  • Anglers beware: Saber can sniff out illegal activity
    The 5-year-old German shepherd has a nose for sniffing out illegal activity and is called a big addition to the DNR enforcement division.
    May 10, 2008
  • Griz on the go
    Dick Grzywinski is a guide who grew up poor and he's never gotten rich. Gas prices keep him from fishing the 300 days a year that used to be routine. Last year, he settled for 39 straight days on Mille Lacs.
    May 5, 2008
  • Dedication: Well worth 1,000 acres
    The earmarking of land in honor of a former DNR director brought out colleagues for belated, but earnest, pats on the back.
    May 4, 2008
  • Dean Kaminski: Addicted to the competition
    When Dean Kaminski heads from his home in Columbia Heights to a fishing hole, it's for competition, not recreation. There's money on the line for this fisherman. Only the right rod, chosen from among many just for the situation, will do.
    May 3, 2008
  • So very contrary: Frasi wants bass not walleye
    For Lindy Frasl, the state of things is this: The state fish won't do. Give him big bass. And pay him when he's done and he's won.
    May 3, 2008
  • Lure testing: If it works for this Fisher, it can work for you
    Will that new Rapala catch fish? It already has, often in the hands of Mark Fisher, who left behind a sign-painting business in Minneapolis to go to work testing lures.
    May 2, 2008
  • Dennis Anderson: Rock County shows what involvement can do
    When ordinary people have the incentive -- and the empowerment -- they've shown they can do what it takes to restore wetlands, clean up rivers and other waters and help conserve Minnesota's forests.
    May 2, 2008
  • Dedicated funding's chances get better
    The House late last week became "actively engaged" in the formation of a citzens-legislative council to help decide how to spend wildlife money.
    Apr 26, 2008
  • He's now creating animal artistry
    Bud Burger, of Burger Brothers fame, spends his retirement years up north living next to his brother in a wildlife wonderland, creating top-end sculptures of animals in their natural environments.
    Apr 20, 2008
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