For Lake Vermilion, it’s walleye boom time
Site Staff
June 8, 2021
DNR survey shows highest walleye count in 37 years.
Lake Profile
Elbow Lake, Cook County
Site Staff
June 1, 2021
Those who visit Elbow come for the scenery, solitude, and its walleyes. In fact, it’s nearly a walleye-exclusive lake with a few northern pike mixed in.
Big Cormorant Lake, Becker County
Site Staff
May 25, 2021
The main attraction for most of those anglers is Big Cormorant’s walleye- and smallmouth bass-fishing opportunities. Both are naturally reproducing populations of fish that have maintained themselves over the years, despite somewhat heavy fishing pressure
Lake Ossawinnamakee, Crow Wing County
Site Staff
May 18, 2021
Largemouth bass have always been a primary focus of anglers who fish Ossawinnamakee, and the lake holds enough quality smallmouth bass to give them a fair look as well.
Steamboat Lake, Hubbard/Cass counties
Site Staff
May 11, 2021
It holds big walleyes, good-sized panfish, northern pike, largemouth bass, muskies, eelpout, tullibees, and whitefish.
Ann Lake, Kanabec County
Site Staff
May 4, 2021
Generally, anglers should expect good numbers of 8-inch bluegills with some bigger fish in the mix. Crappies tend to average about 10 inches in length, but fish up to 12 inches aren’t out of the
The Great Eight: 2021 update of Minnesota’s large lakes
Site Staff
April 27, 2021
Here are the outlooks for the state’s top large-lake walleye destinations
Minnesota has walleyes aplenty – that’s the Minnesota
Site Staff
April 27, 2021
Minnesota River is a top-drawer walleye fishery as well, albeit an off-the-radar and largely unheralded one. And it’s especially good during the spring and fall.
Five favorite lakes in the BWCAW
Site Staff
April 27, 2021
It’s by no means a comprehensive ranking of BWCAW fishing lakes, and it is heavily skewed toward lakes accessed from the Gunflint Trail side, where 95% of my trips have originated.
