When it comes to the Minnesota Fishing Opener, no two years are the same, and that is certainly the case again this year. Minnesota’s 2024 Fishing Opener is Saturday, May 11. After a weird winter with ...

DULUTH — Minnesota’s general inland fishing season starts at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 13, for walleye, northern pike and bass, although bass fishing south and west of U.S. Highway 53 is ...

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 ...

Walleyes can be found in deep lakes and windy rivers. They inhabit the sprawling Great Lakes and tiny backwoods waters. But no matter where you fish for walleyes, these lures should be in your tackle ...

NEAR BAUDETTE, Minn. – So there we were on Lake of the Woods. Opening morning of Minnesota’s walleye season, and boy, did it feel good to be in a boat bouncing a jig off the bottom in open water again ...

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 ...

Columnist Dennis Anderson and outdoors writer Tony Kennedy answered your questions about Minnesota’s largest opening day. Outdoors columnist Dennis Anderson and writer Tony Kennedy answered a variety ...

Minnesotans jockeyed to launch boats from crowded access points all over the state Saturday as bluebird skies, cool water and mild breezes beckoned them in large numbers to partake in the fishing ...

Naturally, concentrated fish attract concentrated fishermen, especially when you're talking about a fish as tasty as a walleye. Crowded docks and busy boat ramps are the norm, but there are plenty of ...