BRAINERD — Thomas Johnson of Brainerd is this year’s winner of the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. The sun was shining and the temperature was well above zero for the 36th annual ice ...

Ice fishing isn’t something I do too much of, but over the past couple of years, I have caught the bug. Two years in a row, I’ve headed up to Devils Lake to fish with McQuoid Outdoors. I wanted to ...

Fond du Lac Streetwise readers named over 40 different restaurants for the best Friday fish fry in the area. Wendt's on the Lake was a top choice, known for its perch which is served multiple days a ...

The expert anglers at Milliken Fishing experience their best summer swimbait fishing day ever, finally silencing critics and doubters. Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel if Dulles ...

A Friday fish fry is a time-honored tradition in Wisconsin, and the Fond du Lac area is not short of options for perch, walleye, haddock and more, deep fried and plated with french fries and rye bread ...

Researchers at Michigan Technological University are partnering with the Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division to conduct a survey and interviews to gain information about angler ...

A series of short sturgeon spearing seasons in the early 2000s prompted changes to regulations. Harvest caps were implemented in 1999 to prevent over-harvesting of the sturgeon population. New rules ...

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