Lake Profile

From a fish population standpoint, most lakes across Minnesota move through cyclical trends. This simply means there are good years and poor years based on the year-classes and age structures of a given fish species.<br

Travel up the Gunflint Trail out of Grand Marais and it doesn’t take long to reach some wild, pristine country. This scenic drive located in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota also includes a bounty of

Otter Tail County’s South Turtle Lake is a two-basin system totaling just over 830 acres. The east basin is shallow and lined with pencil reed and bulrush stands, while the west end offers more depth,

Crow Wing County is rich with lakes and fishing opportunities – most definitely a destination location in the state. But with so many lakes in which to wet a line, there are going to be

Anglers who frequent Hubbard County have a seemingly endless list of lakes from which to choose. Panfish, bass, walleye, and northern pike fishing options are easy to find in this part of north-central Minnesota, and

Located a few miles north of Mora in Kanabec County, Knife Lake is one of the area’s more popular fisheries with local anglers. With the Knife River flowing in and out of it, this 1,266-acre

Cedar Island holds good numbers of walleyes, panfish, bass, and northern pike, along with most riverine fish species, including channel catfish.

Lac qui Parle Lake is a large body of water, nearly 5,600 acres, which is basically a flood-control impoundment of the Minnesota River in the western part of the state.