Walleye fishing remains hot, despite the recent mayfly hatch in parts of the lake, and pulling spinners with crawlers or minnows in 16 feet to 30 feet of water is putting lots of fish in the boat, ...

The best reports are coming from 15 feet to 31 feet of water, where spinners tipped with leeches, crawlers or minnows are catching a mix of walleyes and saugers, Lake of the Woods Tourism reports in ...

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 ...

Walleye and sauger populations continue to thrive in Lake of the Woods, based on results from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' annual September survey. That came as no surprise, said Tom ...

Dec. 14—They may not always bite, but populations of "eater-size" walleyes and saugers in Lake of the Woods look good going into the winter season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said ...

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 ...

Baudette area: On the south end of Lake of the Woods, anglers are finding a good sauger and walleye bite. Anglers near the Northwest Angle are finding a good bite for a variety of fish, including bass ...

Cool mornings followed by Indian summer afternoons mark the arrival of my favorite time of year to fish. Even though there ...

Fishing continues to be good in our treasured Great Lakes as summer hits August. More derbies and tournaments are coming. The Bart’s Cove Duel at Dunkirk ended with a crazy finish. In the Bart’s Cove ...

If you're an angler, every nerve in your body begins to tingle at this time of year. You, for some reason, keep checking the calendar and automatically check off days leading up to the middle of May.

Connor Halsa was drifting for walleye on Lake of the Woods in Minnesota when he hooked into what he believed to be a big fish. Instead, it was a big haul of cash. When he got a strike from the ...