May 2—Every year since 1986 — good weather and bad — Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard's Resort on ...

A three-man walleye limit in the cooler (18 walleyes) while fishing from Barcelona Harbor on Lake Erie near Westfield is becoming a regular event for anglers who are prepared to fish in the dark.

When it comes to the Minnesota Fishing Opener, no two years are the same, and that is certainly the case again this year. Minnesota’s 2024 Fishing Opener is Saturday, May 11. After a weird winter with ...

The warm water fishing season officially kicks off Thursday, May 1, and runs through March 15, 2026. Anglers can harvest northern pike, pickerel, tiger muskie, and everybody’s favorite filet, walleye.

The Minnesota Fishing Opener is set by statute to open the Saturday two weeks before the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, which this year is May 24. They call it the Minnesota Fishing Opener, but ...