May 2—Every year since 1986 — good weather and bad — Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard's Resort on ...

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 ...

The Minnesota fishing opener is just hours away, and thousands of anglers are expected to make their way to the state's lakes and rivers. Fishing opener weekend begins in the kitchen at Appeldoorn's ...

Lake Alexander serves as a sanctuary for diverse Minnesota wildlife. Bald eagles nest in the tallest pines, while great blue ...

In this edition of The Starting Spot Daily Bass Fishing Headlines, we’re covering, the shift of young Minnesota anglers from walleye to bass, tips to find transitional postspawn to summer bass, and ...

Rochester natives Jasper Padrnos and Lucas Fagan had a successful voyage to Lake Vermillion in northern Minnesota last May. They're hoping for even better — and bigger — results this weekend. Jasper ...

Now here’s something you’ll never see in Minnesota or North Dakota. I came across a story from the Idaho Statesman newspaper the other day about a walleye “invasion” in Lake Lowell, a southwestern ...

Enjoy the fall fishing as it’s a great time of the year. Dress warm and, if the fish are biting, you won’t notice the cold ...

Recent cold snaps are changing fish behavior as autumn settles in, leading some anglers to change fishing patterns with the ...

Charlie Wedes didn’t look like a revolutionary when, 16 years ago, he and another grade-schooler puttered around Lake Minnewashta in the metro’s western suburbs, casting for largemouth bass. Just 6 ...