By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. May 10--While most of Minnesota's 13,000 lakes are ice-free for today's walleye fishing opener, several lakes in the far north remain locked in ice and inaccessible to boats.

By Janna Goerdt, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Apr. 20--People were worried in the days and weeks after the Ham Lake fire ripped through homes and cabins at the end of the Gunflint Trail.

By Sam Cook, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Dec. 2--Most anglers know Saganaga Lake is a good place to catch big walleyes.

By Jon Ericson, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa Jul. 1--SAWBILL TRAIL, Minn. -- The portage trail reached a downhill slope, and the forest opened to reveal a small stream making s-turns on its way into a lake.

ON SAGANAGA LAKE, Minn. _ I couldn't tell whether the soft resistance on the end of my line was a walleye or the bottom of Saganaga Lake. But Cory Christianson Knew. "You've got him," said Christianson, a veteran guide for Mike Berg's Seagull Creek Fishing Camp north of Grand Marais.