Decked out in waders and battery-powered backpacks, a crew from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources cut through brush to reach a stream in Wabasha County. The State Fair was approaching, and ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

This story was originally published in the June 1966 issue of Outdoor Life. During the 1950s and 60s, the author, Anthony A. Ciuffa absolutely hammered giant largemouth bass in small farm ponds across ...