The plan was both simple and relaxing: Drop anchor, spend a few hours on the river and soak some bait in hopes of enticing a lake sturgeon or two into biting. Kevin “The Dutchman” Hinrichs (right) of ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Lake sturgeon populations in the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers are setting their sights ...

May 17—NEAR BAUDETTE, Minn. — At first glance, it looked as if the boy fishing off the dock last Sunday at Ballard's Resort near the mouth of the Rainy River was hopelessly snagged. His fishing rod ...

Results from a recently completed survey show the number of lake sturgeon 40 inches or longer continues to increase in Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River, a trend that bodes well for the species' ...

A lot of anglers in the Upper Great Lakes Areas covet the muskellunge, calling them the kings of freshwater. But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed ...

14-year-old Dawson Erickson of Thief River Falls caught a 70-inch sturgeon last week while fishing off a dock at Ballard’s Resort on the Rainy River near Baudette along the US/Canadian border. It took ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – It was another smoky day in the border country, but on this early August afternoon, the haze above didn’t matter – the focus lurked somewhere beneath the surface of the Rainy River.

Big sturgeon like the one Dawson Erickson landed have been all over the internet this spring. Landing the fish would have been nearly impossible without help, Dawson's dad, Kevin Erickson, said.

Aug. 8—BAUDETTE, Minn. — It was another smoky day in the border country, but on this early August afternoon, the haze above didn't matter — the focus lurked somewhere beneath the surface of the Rainy ...