Warm temperatures and sunshine and challenging fishing conditions greeted anglers at the 2019 Governor's Fishing Opener on Dairyland Flowage near Ladysmith, Wisconsin.

Fishing seasons open for walleye, bass, lake trout and northern pike on Saturday, May 15, with this year’s date taking the prize for the latest possible opener under Minnesota statute.

Minnesota’s angling season opens for walleye and northern pike Saturday. Minnesotans keep this date in ardent faith. Resorts are full, bait shops have waiting lines, and new fishing lure inve… ...

Many Upstate New York anglers didn’t let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way of enjoying opening day of the statewide trout fishing season. A survey this morning of two popular Central New ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The start of the fishing season is just hours away, and fishermen and women are gearing up to head out at midnight. Gov. Mark Dayton is one of them. He got his license ...

The Governor's Fishing Opener is a Minnesota tradition that started in 1948. This year's event is the 77th anniversary, taking place in Cross Lake in the Brainerd Lakes area.

If you catch a really big one during Minnesota’s fishing opener May 11 and release it, you could be eligible for one of 18 new categories of state catch-and-release fishing records.