ON SAGANAGA LAKE, NORTH OF GRAND MARAIS -- As we shuffled across the frozen surface of Saganaga Lake, Mike Prom could see the spot where he wanted to fish. "It's between that rock outcrop and that ...

When Bill Rom set his canoe in Larch Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness late last month, by his calculation it marked a major milestone. It was the last place the 80-year-old believed ...

It is never a good auspice to arrive at a popular fishing spot at eight in the morning and find no one there fishing.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recently released its biennial draft of impaired waters in Minnesota — and a lake near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) made the list. Birch Lake, a ...

Researchers say that a lake trout recently captured in Lake Superior is believed to be the oldest-known specimen of its species ever caught in the Great Lakes, estimated to be 62 years old. The fish ...

For many anglers and environmentalists, the return of robust lake trout populations to the Great Lakes has been a hard-won battle. Decades of overfishing, habitat degradation, and the devastating ...

Wildlife officials have revealed a milestone fish caught on Lake Michigan. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an angler from Sheboygan caught a 35-inch, 16-pound lake trout in 2023, and ...

After a historic fish die-off, a Monterey County lake is teeming with trout once again. In July, thousands of bait fish, catfish, trout and bass washed up dead on the shores of Lake San Antonio, a ...

ON CLEARWATER LAKE, NEAR GRAND MARAIS -- Kyle Berg and Alex Holmstrom were probably the most successful anglers on Clearwater Lake last Sunday. The two 13-year-olds from Duluth had caught four lake ...

A Utah man set an Idaho state record back in June, catching a 42-inch Lake Trout inside of Payette Lake, state officials said. According to a news release from the Idaho Fish and Game, Aaron Goettsch, ...

MARQUETTE, MI -- The oldest fish in the Great Lakes lived through 12 presidential elections, the first human to go to space and the rise of the internet. Meet Mary Catherine of Klondike Reef in Lake ...

It was the last place the 80-year-old believed he needed to check off on his quest to visit what he thought was every lake ...