Known for its world-class fishing, Leech Lake truly has something for everyone in a natural setting that's not overly developed or overcrowded. Leech Lake - a nationally recognized game fish lake - ...

Seventy years ago this month, Leech Lake muskies went crazy. Until that time, the big silvery fish barely gained notice from most of the lake’s anglers. Instead, walleyes were the lake’s major ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — MN-FISH is funding a critical Leech Lake muskie movement and survival study set to begin this spring, the state fishing organization said in a news release. According to Ron ...

WALKER, Minn.--The northwest wind was howling; screaming, in fact. On that point there could be no dispute. When you fish big water such as Leech Lake, though, you make the best of what Mother Nature ...

When Dane Nelson paddled his kayak onto a Minneapolis city lake June 16, he didn’t know he would catch a 51-inch muskie. But Nelson, of Minneapolis, a long-time muskie angler, thought he might. The ...

Sep. 8—The Herald's Trophy Room Gallery is the place for hunting and fishing photos from across the region. Do you have a hunting or fishing photo you'd like to share with Herald readers? Email it to ...

Minnesota muskie anglers should see fairly typical conditions rolling into the season opener Saturday, June 3. Brainerd Lakes Chapter of Muskies Inc. president Jim Kath said water temperatures are ...

But that pattern can change violently, as witness the performance at Leech Lake, Minnesota, last summer. There muskies were boated by the score in water which had never in living memory produced such ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources made early attempts to stock muskies in Island Lake in the 1960s and '70s, then switched to the Leech Lake strain in 1992. The DNR stocks about 2,500 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- It's official: A muskie caught in Lake Mille Lacs in November is a new state record. On Monday, the Minnesota DNR certified the new state record, saying the muskellunge weighed ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Seventy years ago this month, Leech Lake muskies went crazy. Until that time, the big silvery fish barely gained notice from most of the lake’s anglers. Instead, walleyes were the lake’s ...