ELY, Minn.-It took all of about 15 seconds for things to get exciting on a recent Tuesday morning."Someone want to get that?" Steve Foss asked as the fishing rod bounced to the beat of a lake trout ...

The Minnesota Department of Fish and Widllife officially confirmed the state’s newest laker record on Monday. The 43.25-inch lake trout caught by Isaiah Bartlett in March surpassed the state’s ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that state biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state, officials have announced. This fall, the ...

Wednesday was a cold, cloudy, and slightly windy morning on Lake Superior. But charter captain Ethan Waytashek left the Twin Points public boat ramp confident he and his client Isaiah Bartlett were ...

3/20: Jeff Makela, of Superior, caught this 28-inch native brown trout from a small spring pond in Bayfield County. It was caught July 19, 2025, after a morning rain storm. "I hope to share the story ...

DULUTH — As western Lake Superior's surface water warms to its highest point of the year, experts are reminding anglers to be careful of their lake trout fishing techniques, noting many fish caught ...

I dragged the 12-foot aluminum boat across the frozen boat landing and attached a 6-horse motor that was older than I was. I hoped the dang thing would start…because I was about to take the tiny boat ...

When ice fishing stocked trout, knowing where to look can make all the difference. Ask your local fisheries biologist about winter trout fishing opportunities in your area. Trout are stocked in a ...

The change, starting next fall, will be historic because lake trout in Lake Superior were ready to collapse in the early 1960s from over-fishing and devastation from the invasive sea lamprey. Joint ...

On ice or open water, winter lakers deliver a reward only those willing to work for it will ever know. I dragged the 12-foot aluminum boat across the frozen boat landing and attached a 6-horse motor ...