The Minnesota Department of Fish and Widllife officially confirmed the state’s newest laker record on Monday. The 43.25-inch lake trout caught by Isaiah Bartlett in March surpassed the state’s ...

Champlin hosts the Frostbite 500 Trout Ice Fishing Contest on February 7, 2026, with prizes for the largest catches.

Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that state biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state, officials have announced. This fall, the Department of ...

Wednesday was a cold, cloudy, and slightly windy morning on Lake Superior. But charter captain Ethan Waytashek left the Twin Points public boat ramp confident he and his client Isaiah Bartlett were ...

3/20: Jeff Makela, of Superior, caught this 28-inch native brown trout from a small spring pond in Bayfield County. It was caught July 19, 2025, after a morning rain storm. "I hope to share the story ...

Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...