Dawson Erickson of Thief River Falls, who was 14 at the time, landed this 70-inch sturgeon Sunday, May 14, 2023, on the Rainy River while fishing off the dock at Ballard's Resort near Baudette, ...

Travis Keating caught an 80-inch lake sturgeon on April 18 in Lake of the Woods County, setting a new Minnesota catch-and-release record. The fish is estimated to weigh around 165 pounds and ...

Sturgeon fishing has become a big deal on the Rainy River near Baudette. You'll need a heavy rod, stout line, some 2-ounce sinkers and a gob of nightcrawler on a circle hook. It's catch-and-release ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 30—BAUDETTE, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Red Lake Nation ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – Heather Brosdahl and her husband, Brian, spent Easter Sunday fishing sturgeon on the Rainy River. Better to be on the water thinking about God-an angler's creed, of sorts-than being ...

Back in April, a North Dakota angler traveled to Minnesota and broke the state’s catch-and-release record for lake sturgeon. Travis Keating’s giant sturgeon measured 6.6-feet long (longer than the ...

Kevin Hinrichs of the Royal Dutchman Resort battles monster sturgeon. Then, DNR studies the fish. Host Bret Amundson joins Kevin Hinrichs of the Royal Dutchman Resort to battle monster sturgeon on the ...

Over a lifespan that can reach 50 to 100 years, lake sturgeon can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh as much as 200 pounds. Those considerable measurements mean they’re a favored target among a group of ...