LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. – The 3½-pound smallmouth bass smacked a tube jig on his very first cast, and during one stretch on this picture-perfect September day, it looked as if Ben Barrus might just ...

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 ...

At first glance, the numbers from last winter’s creel survey on Lake of the Woods might suggest ice fishing pressure reached an all-time high, but a new survey design the Minnesota Department of ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. — As expected, ice fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods dropped dramatically during the winter of 2023-24, the result of unusually mild temperatures that hindered ice conditions and ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. -- The fish-cleaning house at Ballards Resort on Lake of the Woods was a busy place Tuesday evening. Guides cleaned about 400 walleyes and saugers caught that day by the resort's ...

May 10—Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, fishing pressure this past winter on Lake of the Woods didn't set a record, despite ideal ice conditions and marginal snow cover that made it easy to get around.

Jan. 19—News of another surprise catch on Lake of the Woods hit my inbox Wednesday afternoon, when I opened the weekly update from Sportsman's Oak Island Lodge on Minnesota's Northwest Angle.

Brainerd area: Walleyes have been active on mid-lake humps of area lakes, according to Visit Brainerd. Bass, crappies and northerns are in bays. Sunfish and walleyes are near weed flats and weed edges ...

Known far and wide as a great fishing state, Minnesota offers angling opportunities unknown virtually anywhere in the U.S. outside of Alaska. Trout fishing in the southeast. Catfishing (and fishing ...

Wigwam Resort, a popular fishing destination near the Minnesota-Canadian border, is seeking a new owner for over $2.5 million.

LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. — Iowa farmer Jim Denney knows fishing. "I'm not no spring chicken. And I've been all over this United States." He's fished in lakes, ponds and rivers across the country. Last ...