Lake sturgeon, the largest of all Great Lakes fish and as ancient as dinosaurs, once thrived in the river until overfishing ...

Moving further into the south of Bayfield, Pikes Bay, Washburn and Ashland, ice has been great and safer. Remember this ice starts right in Ashland and grows out, so the best ice is always going to be ...

Congressmen reintroduce SPEAR Act, a bill intended to keep the lake sturgeon in Wisconsin from protections of the federal ...

Looking to add more diversity, mystery and excitement to your fishing outings? Head for the Minnesota River. At last count, 63 different species of fish were known to inhabit this 334-mile long ...

“Latsch was found on the bank of the Mississippi River near the town of Winona in 2016,” he said. “He’d probably just fledged ...

It’s been a decade since my first lake sturgeon trip to the Rainy River. My first fish battled me on a doubled over heavy action rod for over 20 minutes in what felt like a quantum leap ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge, which runs a unit near the Scott County Fairgrounds in St. Lawrence Township, was established to ...

Ice is rebuilding to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; though the forecast snow could alter conditions ...

With the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza ... during the open water season except 2 lines may be used in the Minnesota River downstream of the Granite Falls Dam and in the Mississippi ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on the closure of some fishing seasons on the horizon.