One of many walleyes caught by Aaron Murphy and Tom Paulley, both of Cohasset, Minn., on Cut Foot Sioux Lake north of Deer River during the Minnesota fishing opener May 10, 2014.

The Minnesota River provides important shoreline fishing opportunities. A 2022 creel survey by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources found that shore anglers represented 55 percent of ...

WILLMAR — Come July 1, anglers can legally use two lines during the open water season while fishing the Minnesota River downstream of the Granite Falls dam to Pool 2 on the Mississippi River.

Tom Kalahar of Olivia has been fishing the Minnesota River for 42 years, ever since he moved to Renville County from Otter Tail County to begin his career in conservation.

The 2025 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener is set for May 9-10 in Crosslake. Here’s a guide to this year’s opener, including what you need to know about the event and how to prepare ...

Carter Shoquist of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, holds up a 25-inch walleye he caught on the St. Louis River on Saturday, opening day of fishing in Minnesota, as his friend Justin Demars of Duluth sat in ...

Minnesota's parks have plenty to offer, ... Located about an hour north of the Twin Cities, this park offers great canoeing and fishing along 18 miles of the St. Croix River.

June 14, 2016 / 7:00 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota If you love to fish, chances ... Yellowstone River. Go fishing on the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states.

In Granite Falls, the DNR removed a dam on the Minnesota River in 2013. ... On the other hand, more people seem to be fishing along the shoreline, he said. When the dams come out, ...

Minneapolis ranked the second-best city in Minnesota to fish in, according to an analysis by Fishing Booker Blog.. The number of available fishing charters, guides with the Angler’s Choice Award, ...

Dawson Erickson, 14, and his sister Ava, 9, of Thief River Falls, Minn., do a size comparison with the 70-inch sturgeon Dawson landed Sunday, May 14, 2023, while fishing off a dock at Ballard’s ...

2022 Minnesota fishing opener: ... the St. Louis River will be closed to walleye fishing from the Highway 23 bridge upstream to the boundary cable near the dam, until May 18.