For all the science and technology that has been applied to the sport of fishing, the primary allure of this primal pastime remains the mystery hidden in dark depths. With each cast, we reach with ...

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.

A man from Idaho has broken the state’s 13-year northern pike fishing record with a catch that was more than half a pound heavier than its predecessor. Thomas Francis reeled in a 40.76-pound northern ...

Brad Lila of Hudson, Wisconsin, was ice fishing on the sprawling 132,000-acre Mille Lacs Lake on Jan. 22 when he caught, measured, and released a big northern pike. The Minnesota DNR has certified the ...

When a fish finally made its way to Zach and Mike Nunemacher’s ice fishing hole, they knew it was a big one. The fish had made “several good runs,” but the fishermen’s first attempt to reel it ...

Among the 500 anglers participating in a Manitoba ice-fishing derby last weekend were Theodore Muskego and his dad Glenn. They’d driven 500 miles to Cross Lake from their homes near the ...

Anglers looking to tangle with big, toothy predators in fresh water would be hard pressed to find better targets than muskie and pike. The two game fish are closely related, and they inhabit some of ...

Why Jigging for Pike is More Fun Than Tip-Ups Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, ...

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 ...

The small Upper Peninsula town of Curtis is all about fishing. Especially when it comes to fishing northern pike. North of the Mighty Mac and sandwiched between the expansive Manistique Lakes is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MINNEHAHA COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) – A South ...