Minnesota anglers flock to ice fishing contests each winter in search of walleye, northern, trout and other game fish with hopes of landing a trophy and winning a pile of cash or prizes or, at least a ...

Bemidji area: Bass fishing has been good on area lakes and some walleyes are being caught on Lake Bemidji, according to guide (and running legend) Dick Beardsley. Anglers on Cass Lake, east of Bemidji ...

WALKER, Minn. -- Chip Leer remembers the Minnesota walleye opener in 2002 or 2003 when he joined some of the area's top anglers to test the waters of Leech Lake. There were four boats of anglers, he ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — MN-FISH is funding a critical Leech Lake muskie movement and survival study set to begin this spring, the state fishing organization said in a news release. According to Ron ...

According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, authorities received a report of an overdue fisherman at 5:49 p.m. on Monday, July 10. The report said a 71-year-old man from Walker, Minnesota had been ...

LAKE CITY, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz announced Tuesday that Lake City will host the 76th Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener on May 10-11, 2024. Explore Minnesota, Minnesota’s state tourism promotion ...

Walker, Minn. - Chip Leer remembers the Minnesota walleye opener in 2002 or 2003 when he joined some of the area's top anglers to test the waters of Leech Lake. There were four boats of anglers, he ...

WALKER — Easton Fothergill became a hometown champ of sorts Sunday by winning the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Leech Lake, his second first-place finish on this year’s pro bass fishing circuit after ...

Two winters ago, Minnesota’s frozen lakes were awash in so much slush that anglers needed hip boots to venture onto ice in search of walleyes, crappies and other fish. Thanks to unseasonably warm ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...