MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- While the winter weather is lingering around into late March, there was a reminder this week that the fishing opener is less than two months away. State officials announced ...

Leeches can be kept for many weeks in cold water. That is why you buy them in refrigerated containers. Water temperatures between 35 to 40 degrees are ideal. After buying your leeches, most people put ...

Bemidji area: Bass fishing has been good on area lakes and some walleyes are being caught on Lake Bemidji, according to guide (and running legend) Dick Beardsley. Anglers on Cass Lake, east of Bemidji ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...

When I was young we had a cabin in northern Wisconsin where my dad would invite his childhood friends to come and fish. One such friend had a fear for the leeches we used regularly for bait. He would ...