DULUTH — The fish experts at Minnesota Sea Grant are offering anglers an easier, quicker way to tell the difference between steelhead rainbow trout and coho salmon, two lookalike fish caught in Lake ...

DULUTH — Lake Superior’s western waters have been hot for fishing the last couple seasons thanks to record smelt and cisco populations, the little fish that bigger fish love to eat, leading to some ...

2/20: Jeff Makela, of Superior, caught this 28-inch native brown trout from a small spring pond in Bayfield County. It was caught July 19, 2025, after a morning rain storm. "I hope to share the story ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. — Fish stories? Not this guy. He's a reel legend. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has officially certified angler David Cichosz as the new state record holder for ...

Capt. Kent Paulsen holds up the pending state-record coho that David Cichosz (right) caught while fishing with his wife Chris (left). Minnesota Capt. Kent Paulsen had a banner Labor Day on Lake ...

A state record coho salmon was caught in Lake Superior last month. The Minnesota DNR says David Cichosz caught the 10-pound, 14-ounce fish on Sept. 4 during a charter fishing trip with his wife. “I ...

A Minnesota DNR biologist holds a wild steelhead, a type of rainbow trout, captured on the Knife River. (Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) DULUTH – As spring fishing ramps up ...

A state record coho salmon was caught last month in Lake Superior. Angler David Cichosz caught the 10-pound, 14-ounce fish on Sept. 4 during a charter fishing trip with his wife, according to the ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified a state record in the capture of a 10-pound, 14-ounce coho salmon from Lake Superior in St. Louis County, breaking a 53-year record. David ...