Venturing into deep, often treacherous waters. Winching ropes in gale-force winds. Leaning into waves that whip over the bows of their boats. Commercial fishermen face extraordinary on-the-job hazards ...

Unless they start at an early age, many women never get interested in fishing. The DNR's Becoming an Outdoors Woman program aims to change that, and a recent event in Brainerd has pushed the program ...