Trent Jonas

Freelance Writer

United States of America

I accepted my first freelance assignment from "The Minnesota Daily" in 1988 -- and have been writing professionally ever since. I’m a dad of two teens and like to write about travel, education, legal matters, and most anything that piques my interest. See what else I’m up to at BestThingsMN.com and frugaldad.com.

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Fishing

Reelerz
11/23/2017
Chelsea Baum, the Cherokee Fly Girl, Knows Her Home - Reelerz

Chelsea Baum - better known on Instagram as Cherokeeflygirl - was flicking some practice casts when the fat rainbow hit her fly. Filson, the clothing outfitter, had corralled Baum for a photo shoot on the Yuba River. On a drift boat, the photographers were taking a break when the trout struck.

Usatoday
Fishing in the Bighorn Mountains

Trent Jonas Cutthroat and other trout species are targeted by Bighorn Mountains anglers. (Photo: Karl Weatherly/Photodisc/Getty Images ) A Mecca for outdoor sportsmen, hunters and anglers flock to north central Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest during season.

Imagine Northeast Iowa
South Bear

After the service and the cemetery, the tears and thank-yous. After that sound of the shovel stabbing into the pile of October dirt. After... after. My brother and I went fishing. Dad moved to this place for the fishing and now he's buried at Canoe Ridge...

Usatoday
Freshwater Fishing in Costa Rica

Trent Jonas Tarpon are one of the many freshwater gamefish species in Costa Rica. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images ) Images of fishing in Costa Rica might include a sailfish soaring above the waves or vacationers carving sashimi from a freshly caught yellowfin.

Azcentral
Fishing Vacations in Cabo San Lucas

Considered one of the world's top sport-fishing destinations, Cabo San Lucas is near the southernmost tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. It is here that the warm Pacific waters meet the colder, nutrient-rich Sea of Cortez, which attracts bait fish and the bigger species that eat them. The large quantities of game fish attract anglers.

Usatoday
Fishing on the Pacific Crest Trail

Trent Jonas The Pacific Crest Trail's Oregon segment passes through Crater Lake National Park. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images ) Related Articles Spanning more than 2,600 miles, the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (fs.fed.us) passes through three Western states as it winds its way border to border, from Mexico to Canada.

Reelerz
11/21/2017
Stories on the Fly: Andrew Engel's quest for big browns to hook and shoot - Reelerz

Growing up, Andrew Engel had to travel for hours to feed his passion for hooking trout. If his tale of woe sounds like the makings of a Merle Haggard lament, it's probably because we was raised "in the desolate wasteland known as Bakersfield, California." At least that's how his website, TheFlyDudes.com, describes it.

Usatoday
Blue Marlin Fishing in Maui

Trent Jonas Related Articles Pacific blue marlin are the largest of the billfish species, and the largest one ever caught with rod and reel (1,805 lbs.) was boated in Hawaiian waters. Fishermen have hauled a number of 1,000-lb.-plus blue marlin from deep waters in Maui County.

Law/Legal