Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. The ...

Bassmaster Magazine on Friday named Mille Lacs the best lake in the country for bass fishing in their annual rankings of the best bass lakes in America. Ranked against 12 other lakes, Mille Lacs ...

Mille Lacs Lake walleye fishing will be catch-and-release during the spring and early summer of 2024, with the potential to harvest a walleye 21-23 inches in length or greater than 28 inches starting ...

LAKE MILLE LACS - Minnesota officials are poised to close Lake Mille Lacs to walleye fishing next month, they announced Tuesday. That’s never happened before. Caught off-guard by a hot early-July bite ...

Q: What is happening with the walleye season this summer on Mille Lacs Lake? A: The closure that began July 8 and was set to end July 28 is being extended by two weeks. That means walleye fishing will ...

The walleye limit for Upper Red Lake will decrease from the five allowed during open water season to four this winter while the Mille Lacs Lake walleye limit will remain at one. “Fall netting ...

The Minnesota fishing opener is this weekend and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to remind anglers fishing on Mille Lacs Lake, that walleye fishing will be catch-and-release during ...

Starting Dec. 1, anglers on Lake Mille Lacs will be able to keep one walleye daily that is between 21-23 inches or over 28 inches long, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced. The ...

Walleye anglers fishing Mille Lacs Lake, the giant lake in east-central Minnesota, will see the daily limit dropped again, this time to one, when the season opens May 9, the Department of Natural ...

After eight Chippewa bands with treaty fishing rights on Mille Lacs Lake expressed strong concerns, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has reversed an earlier decision and will close the ...

Fishing effort and walleye catch rates soared on Lake Mille Lacs over the first 23 days of the season, but the pounding hasn’t changed the lake’s quota-driven fishing plan for 2020, Minnesota ...