May 17—NEAR BAUDETTE, Minn. — At first glance, it looked as if the boy fishing off the dock last Sunday at Ballard's Resort near the mouth of the Rainy River was hopelessly snagged. His fishing rod ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – It was another smoky day in the border country, but on this early August afternoon, the haze above didn’t matter – the focus lurked somewhere beneath the surface of the Rainy River.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Lake sturgeon populations in the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers are setting their sights ...

Dawson Erickson of Thief River Falls, who was 14 at the time, landed this 70-inch sturgeon Sunday, May 14, 2023, on the Rainy River while fishing off the dock at Ballard's Resort near Baudette, ...

Already, it had been a good night for Morgan Gallus and her companions who were sturgeon fishing on the Rainy River near Baudette, Minn. They had caught a 50-inch and a 51-inch sturgeon and two ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

14-year-old Dawson Erickson of Thief River Falls caught a 70-inch sturgeon last week while fishing off a dock at Ballard’s Resort on the Rainy River near Baudette along the US/Canadian border. It took ...

Aug. 8—BAUDETTE, Minn. — It was another smoky day in the border country, but on this early August afternoon, the haze above didn't matter — the focus lurked somewhere beneath the surface of the Rainy ...

Big sturgeon like the one Dawson Erickson landed have been all over the internet this spring. Landing the fish would have been nearly impossible without help, Dawson's dad, Kevin Erickson, said.