fishing

Bass season opened much like the walleye season with cold temperatures, wind and plenty of rain. The last fishing opener of the spring is this Saturday when the muskie season...

Memorial Day Weekend is consistently one of the best weekends of the summer for catching walleyes. Saturday is also the bass opener in most of Minnesota so the lakes should...

The Laporte Area Take a Kid Fishing officials report that openings remain for youngsters 10 to 15 years of age who wish to experience a guided trip on Lake Garfield...

Dave Tisdell and Pete Erickson landed 18.56 pounds and captured the championship of Saturday's seventh annual Gary Newell Memorial walleye tournament hosted by the Bemidji Eagles Club. The event, which...

A remote lake deep in the Chippewa National Forest is benefitting from an innovative construction project that was completed last fall. The Minnesota DNR, Chippewa National Forest and Leech Lake...

Opening day of the walleye season was cold and windy and kept some anglers off the lakes, or at least shortened the amount of time they spent on the water...

The 11th annual Kraus-Anderson Walleye Classic will be June 11 and organizers say that team registrations are available. The event, which is held on lakes Bemidji and Irving, can handle...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for the public's help in gathering data on catfish angling and consumption as part of a project to enhance management of...

The long wait is over. Walleye season opens 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

Many area lakes are governed by special regulations designed to protect and enhance the fishery. Some of the special regulations target the northern pike while others concentrate on the walleyes,...

The rod and reel donation program in Bemidji is alive and well, according to Bruce Aalgaard who is among the donation program volunteers. Begun in 1995 by Aalgaard and Jo...

The ice has been gone from the lakes in the Bemidji area for more than a week and anglers are busy getting their boats and fishing gear ready for next...

It would be ideal if everyone who took to the water in a boat or an ice shack was looking for the same experience. Unfortunately, that isn't the case and,...

A ripple spreads when a bobber plops in calm water. Waves of economic impact roll over Minnesota when all its anglers do the same. "Though often perceived as a pleasant...

Walleyes swimming in nine of Minnesota's top-10 walleye lakes displayed levels of perfluorooctain sulfonate (PFOS) that were either very low or undetectable, according to a report released by Minnesota Department...