Lake Mille Lacs is renowned for its trophy fish including smallmouth, walleye, and muskie. Recommended baits for fall bass fishing include chatterbaits, ned rigs, and wacky style stick baits, with ...

With 12 inches of ice on Central Minnesota's lakes, anglers are enjoying improved fishing conditions as the snow melts and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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 ...

Find out when bass season is open near you. Be aware of each state’s 2025 catch-and-release and harvest rules so you can fish legally all year. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek Almost everyone in the USA, has ...

The expansion of bass fishing tournaments for youth has opened new opportunities for young people in the outdoors. Just as the National Archery in the Schools Program and Minnesota’s middle and high ...

The high school fishing tournament Sept. 7-8 on the Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minnesota, will crown a new champion duo. Jack Hakala and John Pagelkopf, of Esko High School, cast from their bass ...

A 23-year-old Minnesotan won the world’s most prestigious bass fishing tournament over the weekend, raking in more than $300,000 and making a name for himself as the latest champion of the Bassmaster ...

It was the third and final day of their father-son fishing trip when Xavier Bradely-Rael and his father, Larry, met their guide at the ramp on Basswood Lake. The pair had traveled there from Nebraska, ...

Billy Dougherty’s grandfather bought the Kettle Falls Hotel in 1918 for four barrels of whiskey and $1,000. The hotel bridges Kabetogama and Rainy lakes. Dougherty, 68 years old, first showed up at ...

Almost everyone in the USA, has an opportunity to catch largemouth and/or smallmouth bass near them. But did you know the seasonal regulations of some states dictate when and how you can catch them?