Brad Dokken

Grand Forks

Outdoor Recreation Editor and Columnist at Grand Forks Herald

The place for recreation, relaxation and adventure news from the @gfherald outdoors section. Tweets by Brad Dokken. Email: [email protected]

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Extreme fire danger conditions on tap for this weekend across the region

6 days ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

GRAND FORKS — The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for Saturday and Sunday in parts of the region because of extremely warm temperatures, strong winds and low relative humidity in the forecast. In a statement Friday morning, the NWS said Saturday’s fire weather watch includes Kittson, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, east Marshall and north Beltrami counties.
Catfish League to host benefit Red River catfish tournament for East Grand Forks fisherman battling cancer

6 days ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

In recent years, anglers from the Red River Valley Catfish League have served as volunteer guides for a mid-May catfishing event offered through Her Wilderness, a Minnesota-based organization that provides a variety of outdoor adventure experiences for women. The women’s Red River catfish event has been a good time for a good cause, but Her Wilderness organizers decided to take a year off.
Walleyes take center stage as Minnesota Fishing Opener approaches

1 week ago | twincities.com | Brad Dokken

Every year since 1986 – good weather and bad – Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard’s Resort on the south shore of Lake of the Woods north of Baudette, Minn., Lyon says he still looks forward to opening day. The Rhode Island native started his career as a Lake of the Woods fishing guide at the Northwest Angle before moving to the south end of the lake, where he’s been a charter boat captain since 2000.
Dokken: Northwoods comes to life with the sounds of spring during evening by the campfire

1 week ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

KOOCHICHING COUNTY, Minn. — When it comes to spending time outdoors, it’s pretty tough to beat sitting by a campfire on a nice spring evening when the natural world is coming back to life after a long winter. Such was the case last weekend, when I met up with a friend at “The Shack,” the headquarters of his family’s deer camp in Koochiching County not far from the Big Fork River.
Walleyes take center stage as Minnesota Fishing Opener approaches

1 week ago | inforum.com | Brad Dokken

Every year since 1986 – good weather and bad – Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard’s Resort on the south shore of Lake of the Woods north of Baudette, Minnesota, Lyon says he still looks forward to opening day.
Dokken: Battle-scarred fiberglass ‘E-Cat’ catfish rod still reels ‘em in after all these years

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

“I can’t believe you’re still using that fishing rod,” friend Brad Durick said the other day at the start of a 3½-day sturgeon fishing trip to the Rainy River. “You should write a column about it.”That sounded like a good idea to me, so here goes. First, some background. A Grand Forks catfish guide, Durick and I first got to know each other in the spring of 2003 while I was reporting on the controversy surrounding a boat ramp that was being proposed for Lincoln Drive Park on the Red River.
Research project sheds light on western North Dakota elk

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

BISMARCK – North Dakota elk’s herd is thriving, and results from a three-year study in the Badlands has provided insights into movement patterns and survival rates of herds in the western part of the state. Bill Haase, assistant wildlife chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, discussed results from the study Tuesday night, April 22, in a presentation during the department’s District 7 Advisory Board meeting in Bismarck, which was livestreamed on the Game and Fish website.
Outdoors Notebook: Minnesota DNR says safety must be the priority around cold water

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

ST. PAUL – Anglers and paddlers have wasted little time getting out on open water across Minnesota. But with water temperatures still dangerously low, the Department of Natural Resources reminds anyone around lakes, rivers and ponds that cold water is dangerous and unexpected falls quickly can turn tragic. About 30% of fatal boating accidents each year happen during the cold-water period, and many involve victims who weren’t wearing a life jacket.
Despite initial skepticism by some wildlife managers, wild turkeys today thrive in northwest Minnesota

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

On a crisp January afternoon in 2006, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources released 14 wild turkeys from Goodhue County in southeast Minnesota at sites near Red Lake Falls and Thief River Falls. So began a multi-year relocation project to see if the birds could survive north of U.S. Highway 2. Ross Hier, who was assistant area DNR wildlife manager in Crookston at the time, admits he was “at best neutral” about the prospects for success.
Dokken: East Grand Forks archery deer hunt to include accessible hunting opportunity

3 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

Some of the details remain a work in progress, but the city of East Grand Forks will offer archery deer hunting opportunities again this fall in an effort to reduce whitetail numbers in the green space along the Red and Red Lake rivers. As Herald government reporter Matthew Voigt reported in a story Wednesday, April 16, the East Grand Forks City Council has agreed to offer two archery hunts this fall – an accessible hunt for disabled hunters Oct. 9-11 and a regular hunt Nov. 15-23.