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 ...

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 ...

Already, several major walleye waters in Northeastern Minnesota have four-walleye limits rather that the statewide norm of six. Those waters include Lake Vermilion, Kabetogama Lake, Rainy Lake, Lake ...

May 2—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 ...

Walleye fishing continues to be good, with the best action in 32 to 34 feet of water, where anglers are pulling spinners and crawlers or trolling crankbaits with downriggers or lead-core line, Lake of ...

Good because familiar waters are like longtime friends, welcoming and forgiving. Not so good because in fishing, as in any adventure, courting the unknown is the best way to ensure that surprise is ...

The DNR has announced new size and possession limits for walleye and sauger on Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River starting Dec. 1. New regulations during the open water season allow for a six-fish ...

Consider this your fishing update for midsummer — a time when, paradoxically, Minnesota fish-catching generally falls off, particularly for walleyes, but more people go fishing. The latter is due to ...

MADISON LAKE — The sun finally came out around 1 p.m. Saturday at Madison Lake following a morning of brutal fishing weather, on the opening day of the Minnesota inland walleye-northern fishing season ...

It was the ninth year of our annual fishing trip to Island View Lodge on Rainy Lake in Northern Minnesota. During the previous years, we had been very successful in learning the routine for catching ...

The Lake Pend Oreille Thanksgiving Derby runs Nov. 22-26 and Nov. 28-30 with a short break for Thanksgiving. (Get entry details and more at LPOIC.org.) A friend trolling a fly on a planer board took a ...

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 ...