Lake Kabetogama: The fishing has improved lately, according to Cooper's Gateway General Store. Anglers are finding northern pike and smallmouth bass active over weed beds and near shallow reefs.

Alexandria area: Anglers are finding bluegills and crappies schooling near weedlines in depths of 12 to 22 feet on area lakes. A good bass bite is found along the deep weedlines, while walleyes are in ...

Review of the special walleye regulations on Namkan Reservoir (Kabetogama, Namakan, Sand Point, Crane and Little Vermilion lakes), 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 ...

More nice fish caught around the area in 2017. 1/60: David Hammond, of Barnes, caught and released this 22-inch smallmouth bass on Upper Eau Claire Lake near Barnes. 2/60: Charlotte Hirte, of Carlos, ...

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 ...