Minnesota’s record for biggest kept pike also comes from Basswood Lake: a 45-pound, 12-ounce monster caught in 1929. The DNR also certified a 57 1/4-inch musky caught and released July 23 on ...

PAUL — A Wisconsin angler caught a 46.25-inch northern pike ... exactly tied the 46.25-inch fish caught and released by Brecken Kobylecky, of Geneva, Illinois, on June 21, 2021, on Basswood Lake.

Authorities in northwestern Wisconsin have identified a 68-year-old man who died after falling through the ice while on his way to fish with a friend.

Sadly, mankind's broad march across Minnesota since statehood has resulted in the loss of big northern pike. Sure, hammer handles -- forearm-length pike -- are still found by the boatload. But big ...

On their wedding anniversary Sunday, Richard and Elaine Barber eased their canoe ashore at a campground on Basswood Lake along the Minnesota-Ontario border. They exchanged cards stashed in their ...

Todd Kirby of Hudson, Wisconsin also finds himself in the record books, tying Minnesota's catch-and-release muskie record. The fish he caught on Lake Vermillion on July 23 measured 57 1/4 inches ...

TOWN OF DELTA — Authorities in northwestern Wisconsin say a 68-year-old man from Lake Hallie, Laverne Fletty, has died after falling through the ice while on his way to fish ...