One of the best-kept secrets in the world of trophy fishing is Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota on the Canadian border. But fishermen in the know, and their families and friends, travel from ...

When Penn Flathers returned from his latest angling adventure “up north,” he had doubts about returning to “Lake Catch-a-Few” in the future. His tradition of having the same dates, same location, same ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. — If the walleyes didn’t cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn’t be because of the weather. Morning temps in ...

May 2—Every year since 1986 — good weather and bad — Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard's Resort on ...

The characters in this story are fictitious but are based on the experiences of the guest writer, who has over thirty years of fishing travel knowledge as a proprietor, host and fishing tourist ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – If the walleyes didn’t cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn’t be because of the weather. Morning temps in ...

The current management goal for Lake of the Woods calls for maintaining a fall survey catch of more than 14 walleyes and 15 saugers per net on a three-year moving average. Ron Nies (left) of ...