Axel Angelow, an 8-year-old from Fairbault, Minnesota, caught a hefty black crappie while fishing with his dad, Ryan Angelow, on Cedar Lake in October 2024. The fish measured 18 inches and weighed 3 ...

New sunfish and crappie limits went into effect March 1 on 94 Minnesota lakes, including Prior Lake (Upper and Lower). The new regulations lower limits on specific waters as part of the Minnesota ...

The Minnesota DNR is eying the open-water fishing season by updating some of its fishing regulations that’ll go into effect ...

Anglers hope fish are biting again on Clear Lake for the 38th Annual New Ulm Area Sport Fishermen Ice Fishing Contest Sunday. Club member Jim Hulke is hopeful. “The DNR (Department of Natural ...

More than 460 persons crowded the ice at Ryan’s Bay for the first fishing derby sponsored by the Southern Minnesota Sportsmen Association, which was won by Michael Balloy of Route 2 Rochester.

"In those type of scenarios you could have a higher risk of barotrauma (injuries to fish caused by a sudden change in water ...

With the prime month of June behind us, the Litchfield Watercade fishing contest is usually known for not producing numbers, but this was an ideal day. Lots of fish were caught, which wasn’t too ...

Remember how awesome the crappie fishing was during the spring? The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound. You were catching slabs off stake beds and brush ...

When it was announced that this year’s opener would be in Albert Lea, my angling group thought, “Are there enough lakes in Albert Lea?” Well, we found out one of Minnesota’s best kept ...

Gerardo Cortez took the photo. The weekend was good for crappie fishing through the ice, I suspect the moderation in the weather helped in that regard. FOTW, the celebration of big fish and their ...