Find out when bass season is open near you. Be aware of each state’s 2025 catch-and-release and harvest rules so you can fish legally all year. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek Almost everyone in the USA, has ...

Lake Mille Lacs is renowned for its trophy fish including smallmouth, walleye, and muskie. Recommended baits for fall bass fishing include chatterbaits, ned rigs, and wacky style stick baits, with ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Charlie Wedes didn’t look like a revolutionary when, 16 years ago, he and another grade-schooler puttered around Lake Minnewashta in the metro’s western suburbs, casting for largemouth ...

With 12 inches of ice on Central Minnesota's lakes, anglers are enjoying improved fishing conditions as the snow melts and ...

May 2—Here are some nuggets about fishing in Minnesota. Some of the information is from the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, conducted by the U.S. Fish and ...

The expansion of bass fishing tournaments for youth has opened new opportunities for young people in the outdoors. Just as the National Archery in the Schools Program and Minnesota’s middle and high ...

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 ...

MILLE LACS LAKE, MINN. – Within minutes of the clock striking midnight, marking the official start of the Minnesota fishing opener on Saturday, 24 extra-eager anglers cast their lines from a boat in ...

ST. PAUL — The governor’s office on Thursday, Jan. 2, announced that the 77th Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener on May 9-10 will be held in Crosslake. “I am thrilled to bring the longtime tradition ...

ST. PAUL --The National Hockey League's (NHL) Minnesota Wild and Ron Schara Productions jointly announced today that the Wild on the Water Bass Fishing Tournament presented by Radco and Mich Golden ...

Almost everyone in the USA, has an opportunity to catch largemouth and/or smallmouth bass near them. But did you know the seasonal regulations of some states dictate when and how you can catch them?

Similar bass-fishing uprisings were occurring — and continue to occur — among young anglers throughout Minnesota. Supported by the state’s abundant largemouth and smallmouth populations, and fueled by ...