Some might call it sacrilegious. But for Jon Durtka, the outcome of spearing a keeper walleye in Lake Huron isn’t that much different than catching one with a rod-and-reel for the cooler. Targeting ...

It's Orman's turn. Brim-full Orman Dam, officially known as the Belle Fourche Reservoir, has flooded trees and brush and grass, and the new hunting grounds are attracting some big fish. There's enough ...

The drive took five hours, all spent traveling straight north from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The final 60 minutes were a slow slog along a bumpy and dusty dirt road. When I finally opened the truck ...

May 16—BAUDETTE, Minn. — If the walleyes didn't cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota's 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn't be because of the weather. Morning ...

ELY, Minn. - Along the border lakes north of Ely, the water eases gently to the west. You rarely notice it on the lakes - Knife, Basswood, Crooked and Lac La Croix. Even where the lakes constrict ...

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 ...

One of the largest migrations of living things that will occur in Minnesota this year — or any year — is on the cusp of happening just now. But most people won’t see it. Because it’s transpiring ...

Anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will be able to keep an extra walleye soon. The daily limit will increase from two to three of the fish, after a slow bite this summer has meant fewer fish have been ...