Q. It seems like there are a lot of small hammer-handle pike where I fish. Is this true across Minnesota? A. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sampling and angler catch reports show that ...

Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers ...

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

BLANCHARD (AP) — A Michigan conservation officer’s best weapon turned out to be his ear. Jeremy Payne of the Department of Natural Resources was recently patrolling Halls Lake, west of Mount Pleasant, ...

Anglers and dark-house spearers on Mille Lacs Lake this winter will have northern pike regulations that continue to allow plentiful harvest of smaller pike from the lake, while continuing to protect ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.