COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A Canadian woman was in for a big surprise (literally) while fishing on Lake Coeur d’Alene last Friday. Joanne Sappenfield, who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has been an ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

I recently returned from my annual fishing trip to northern Canada. I’ve been fishing Canada for more than 60 years and fishing in the lake country of northern Canada has never disappointed. This trip ...

Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing. About a month ago I wrote a column about a wonderful July morning in my fishing boat, ...

Summertime bass anglers may shun pike when they bite, but come winter, many anglers get excited about ice fishing for northern pike. And why not? They are widespread, aggressive and easy to catch.