MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- While the winter weather is lingering around into late March, there was a reminder this week that the fishing opener is less than two months away. State officials announced ...

Leeches can be kept for many weeks in cold water. That is why you buy them in refrigerated containers. Water temperatures between 35 to 40 degrees are ideal. After buying your leeches, most people put ...

ON LEECH LAKE, Minn. -- Jack Shriver's boat pitched and rolled on the waves of Leech Lake on a recent Wednesday morning. A cold wind blew from the northeast, numbing our rod-holding hands. The ...

Bemidji area: Bass fishing has been good on area lakes and some walleyes are being caught on Lake Bemidji, according to guide (and running legend) Dick Beardsley. Anglers on Cass Lake, east of Bemidji ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...

When I was young we had a cabin in northern Wisconsin where my dad would invite his childhood friends to come and fish. One such friend had a fear for the leeches we used regularly for bait. He would ...

WALKER, Minn. -- The body of a 71-year-old fisherman has been recovered from the Sucker Bay area of Leech Lake on Tuesday. The Cass County Sheriff's Office received a report on Monday that a fisherman ...

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