North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into the news and happenings of northern Minnesota, alongside the Canadian border.

ELY, Minn.-It took all of about 15 seconds for things to get exciting on a recent Tuesday morning."Someone want to get that?" Steve Foss asked as the fishing rod bounced to the beat of a lake trout ...

Brainerd area: Walleyes have been active on mid-lake humps of area lakes, according to Visit Brainerd. Bass, crappies and northerns are in bays. Sunfish and walleyes are near weed flats and weed edges ...

Baudette area: On the south end of the Lake of the Woods, walleyes are getting caught in depths of 12 to 32 feet. Near the Northwest Angle, a significant bug hatch has made the walleye bite a ...