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Dennis Anderson

Columnist | Outdoors

Phone: 612-673-4424

Anderson has been the Star Tribune outdoors columnist since 1993. Before that, for 13 years, he wrote the outdoors column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He and his colleague, outdoors writer Doug Smith, cover hunting, fishing, camping, boating, paddling and other outdoor activities, as well as natural resource conservation.
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Anderson: Rigging two ways for Mille Lacs

Two basic methods will put mille lacs smallmouth bass and walleyes on the end of your line on the same day.

Updated: July 08, 2012, - 01:03 AM

Anderson: Rob Horley's been at home on water since birth

With sled dogs in tow, Rob Horley's grandparents first paddled onto Lake of the Woods back in 1929.

Updated: July 04, 2012, - 01:33 AM

Anderson: Burger Brothers are building, once again

Ted and Bud Burger satisfied customers with a sporting-goods store that became a chain that became a model for modern business. Now they are working on satisfying themselves.

Updated: July 01, 2012, - 12:37 AM

Anderson: Dream day starts with right goal, not the gear

Peculiarly American, anglers today often are equipment-obsessed. Some of this is natural: Good gear and its proper use can make outings more comfortable and perhaps more productive.

Updated: June 27, 2012, - 06:19 AM

Anderson: Like fish, Ostrom bit hard on Rapala

The fishing world changed forever when Ray Ostrom and Ron Weber first imported these lures.

Updated: June 26, 2012, - 10:25 PM

Chart: The Rapala file, a Minnesota story

Ray Ostrom, whose funeral was Saturday in Edina, and partner Ron Weber changed fishing in Minnesota and throughout the world when they began importing Rapala lures from Finland in 1960.

Updated: June 23, 2012, - 03:28 PM

Anderson: Deluge did a number on fish

Anglers and experts fear the heavy North Shore rains may have wiped out a year or two of migratory steelhead.

Updated: June 22, 2012, - 08:35 AM

Anderson: Mille Lacs fish harvest might split by gender

For the first time, efforts to get the lake's walleye population healthy again could mean separate rules for males and females.

Updated: June 19, 2012, - 08:02 PM

Anderson: Wading slop for Ol' Bucketmouth

Don't have a boat? Pull on a pair of waders, grab a bait-casting reel and cruise shorelines casting weedless plastic baits. But be prepared for explosive strikes from largemouth bass.

Updated: June 17, 2012, - 04:37 AM