Corey Kitzmann of Davenport, Iowa, now holds Minnesota’s state record for a catch-and-release muskellunge: a 57¼-inch monster caught on Lake Vermilion earlier this month. Corey Kitzmann of Davenport, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Department of Natural Resources says Lake Vermilion, one of Minnesota's most scenic lakes, is infested with spiny waterflea. Officials say anglers reported the presence of the ...

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Ice anglers on Lake Vermilion may be asked to participate in the lake’s first winter creel survey since 1984. Creel clerks from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be traveling the lake ...

The DNR is asking Lake Vermilion muskie anglers to collect scales from the fish they catch. These samples will help biologists estimate the number of adult muskies in the lake and provide a better ...

TOWER, Minn. - A 70-unit campground, tree houses for kids to play in and an adventure trail that includes a ropes course are among the elements slated to be built in the first phase of construction at ...

ON LAKE VERMILION, Minn. — Quick thinking by a resident on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota helped save a snowmobiler who crashed through the ice Saturday. Fred Reichel had just sat down in the ...

The pandemic push of more people fishing on northern Minnesota lakes, especially with Canadian lakes still off-limits, has spurred the Vermilion Lake Association to ask anglers to keep fewer fish this ...

TOWER, Minn. - Jim Charles of Tower served with the Navy in the Atlantic during World War II, patrolling for enemy submarines. Bob Skare, who lives on Lake Vermilion, worked in counterintelligence for ...

For years, Lake Vermilion and Lake Kabetogama seemed special. As Minnesota’s other large and heavily fished lakes fell one-by-one to zebra mussel infestations, the two sprawling wooded giants in ...

MINNEAPOLIS - It's practically an official holiday in Minnesota. Around 500,000 anglers are expected to hit the water as the walleye season opens in the Land of 10,000 lakes this weekend. Lake ...