LANESBORO, Minn. — Steve Sobieniak knew what a good fly fishing rod felt like. He developed a feel for the graceful casting tool, particularly ones made of bamboo. He could pick one up, hold it, test ...

RACINE - The spotlight on the Lake Michigan salmon and trout fishery most often shines on anglers holding hefty fish against a grand freshwater backdrop or a boat in a harbor displaying silvery limits ...

Bolstered by a very strong year class of chinook salmon and fair river flows, a record number of fish made their way through state egg collection facilities on Lake Michigan tributaries last fall. And ...

Anglers benefit from DNR work at the Root River Steelhead Facility Workers with the Department of Natural Resources are busy at the Root River Steelhead Facility in Racine, where staff catch, weigh, ...

RACINE - The shallows of the Root River in Racine were alive Oct. 7. A half dozen dorsal fins protruded above the water's surface in just a 10-yard stretch of the river in Lincoln Park. For a few ...

Jon Husman, who has fished in the area for about 40 years, said it was a “pretty slow” day of angling near the Horlick Dam. The Root River Steelhead Facility, at Racine’s Lincoln Park, has been ...

The project would cover roughly 3,200 ft downstream from the Lanesboro Dam, and include removing things such as buckthorn and clearing trees, while also seeking to change the slope of the banks of the ...

Corey Geving stood up on a picnic table a few seconds before noon on Saturday, took a breath and looked at the crowd around him. More than 50 people stood, ready, fishing poles in hand. A bald eagle ...

Corey Geving stood up on a picnic table a few seconds before noon on Saturday, took a breath and looked at the crowd around him. More than 50 people stood, ready, fishing poles in hand. A bald eagle ...