The final word took several weeks, but it’s now official -- the 13-pound, 9-ounce whitefish Oklahoma angler Billy King caught April 6 on Lake of the Woods has been certified as the new Minnesota state ...

Fishing in Otter Tail Lake area continues to be pretty good. Walleyes are caught in 15 to 30 feet of water. Perch are finally starting to show up in the shallows or on the first break of Otter Tail ...

Urbank Bait employees load tanks on a semi-truck bed to carry minnows to Brainerd in time for the opening of the 2021 Minnesota walleye and northern pike fishing season. From left, Tom Lorine, owner ...

BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — It was just a few months ago that Minnesota's prized and popular resort industry was bracing for the impact of fewer people taking summer vacations because of the coronavirus ...

OTTER TAIL LAKE, Minn. — On Saturday morning, the 2021 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener had nearly everything an angler could wish for — warm weather, calm winds, abundant sunshine and hundreds of ...

Zebra mussels have been found in Pelican Lake, bringing new regulations to bear on those who use the lake, and raising concerns of mussel infestation through the Pelican, Ottertail and Red river ...

Sturgeon – dozens upon dozens of them – congregated in an obvious act of spawning, the first verified sighting in more than 100 years of lake sturgeon actively spawning in the Red River Basin. Lake ...

Bite on Otter Tail Lake is 20 to 30 feet on mid-lake humps with crawlers or leeches. Crank baits are working in the evening in only 7 to 8 feet of water. A number 5 Rapula in purple, bleeding pearl or ...