LAKE MILLE LACS East: Live-bait rigs or spinner rigs tipped with crawlers and leeches continue to produce walleyes during the morning and afternoon hours on the deep gravel and mud. At night, slip ...

Leeches can be kept for many weeks in cold water. That is why you buy them in refrigerated containers. Water temperatures between 35 to 40 degrees are ideal. After buying your leeches, most people put ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...

WALKER, Minn. — The bend in Toby Kvalevog’s fishing rod told him the walleye he’d been looking for was down there at the other end of the line. “That’s a big one,” he said, playing the heavy fish that ...

LEECH LAKE — Opening day of the Minnesota fishing season on Leech Lake arrived Saturday, cloudless and with nary a breath of wind. It was the nice weather one might expect all winter-weary anglers to ...

Business is hopping at Vados Bait & Tackle in Spring Lake Park. Shiners, fatheads, nightcrawlers, leeches and a special minnow river mix are among the top-sellers for Saturday's Minnesota fishing ...