INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. - Billy Dougherty remembers clearly his first day as a paid fishing guide on Rainy Lake. Opening day, 1965. He was working for his grandparents at the Kettle Falls Hotel on ...
ON RAINY LAKE - At the age of 89 years, 11 months and 21 days, you would have found Jim Rolando in his 18-foot Crestliner fishing for walleyes. Then again, that's where you would find him on just ...
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 ...
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 temps in ...
RAINY LAKE, ONTARIO — Rainy Lake is a mood, journalist Ted Hall noted many years ago, and for a couple days this week, it was inspiring and reassuring for me and two old friends. It was a much-needed ...
Every year for the past 10 years, I have gotten together with a group of fellow anglers to make a trek north to Island View Lodge on Rainy Lake. Each year this fishing adventure has similarities to ...
Walleye anglers are looking forward to the Minnesota Fishing Opener on May 11, but for now, the focus is on pike and sturgeon. Back bays are becoming ice-free, and pike are staging for the spawn, Lake ...
Making money for taking people fishing is the dream job of many youngsters growing up on Rainy Lake. Billy Dougherty did it. He got paid $10 for his first paid fishing guide trip. He was 9 years old ...
On June 1, 2022, Ranier resident Daryl Waller had to evacuate from the home he had lived in for 18 years. He and his family were among hundreds fighting off the rising water from Rainy Lake. “We were ...
RAINY LAKE, MINN. – From the Twin Cities, it takes about six hours to reach this sprawling, island-studded lake along the Canadian border. From the moment I got my first clear look, I understood why ...
Billy Dougherty remembers clearly his first day as a paid fishing guide on Rainy Lake. Opening day, 1965. He was working for his grandparents at the Kettle Falls Hotel on the lake. "This guy walked up ...
Rainy Lake fishing guide Billy Dougherty holds a hefty northern pike he caught on the lake. On Friday, March 23, 2018, Dougherty will be inducted into the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame. This summer ...
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