Lula King, 8, of East Grand Forks, gets a hand from her dad, Jeremy, after catching a 40-inch northern pike Saturday, Jan. 16, on Lake of the Woods. Sullivan King (left) and Cole King also shared in the excitement. The big pike was released after a quick photo.

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 9am

Watch 8-year-old Lula King reel in a 40-inch northern pike on Lake of the Woods

The pike, which hit a jig tipped with a fathead minnow on 4-pound braided line, tangled five other lines and pulled a rod down the hole.

Lula King, 8, of East Grand Forks, gets a hand from her dad, Jeremy, after catching a 40-inch northern pike Saturday, Jan. 16, on Lake of the Woods. Sullivan King (left) and Cole King also shared in the excitement. The big pike was released after a quick photo.

Northland Outdoors Jan 20th 2021 - 9am

Lula's big pike

Northland Outdoors Jan 19th 2021 - 5pm

Vehicles begin using new Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road

Ben Saarion (left) and Jon Kuznia hold up a 50-inch muskie that they teamed up to land through the ice while fishing on Lake Charley near Alexandria, MN in Douglas County. The fish grabbed hold of the transducer on the Vexilar sonar unit they were using to help catch sunfish on the morning of Jan. 16.

Northland Outdoors Jan 19th 2021 - 4pm

Giant muskie pulled through the ice from unexpected Minnesota lake in most unusual of ways

Autumn Rinde and her dad, Elliot, with her 30.25-inch walleye.

Northland Outdoors Jan 19th 2021 - 8am

Trophy Room: 6-year-old catches big walleye on Lake of the Woods

Habitat created by CRP makes it a great fit for the Game and Fish Department’s Private Land Open To Sportsmen program. (Photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors Jan 19th 2021 - 8am

North Dakota Outdoors/ Doug Leier: Newsy nuggets from the Game and Fish Department

Ian Babcock with his 26½-inch walleye.

Northland Outdoors Jan 18th 2021 - 2pm

Trophy Room: Ian Babcock releases 26½-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods

Tamarack Island Wilderness Lodge is located on one of the 14,000 islands on the Ontario portin of Lake of the Woods. (Tamarck Island Lodge photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 18th 2021 - 7am

Ontario resorts brace for possible second summer without US guests

Nate Nordstrom plans to feature electric-assist bicycles when he opens New Spin Bicycle Ship in Rochester in March. Nordstrom will become one of a growing number of E-bike dealers across the state. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 17th 2021 - 8am

Popularity of E-bikes spreading across Minnesota

Logan Hellman, 18, of Dickinson, smiles proudly with his 19-pound catch from a northern pike Monday afternoon in Dunn County. (Photo courtesy of Craig Putala)

Northland Outdoors Jan 17th 2021 - 8am

Warmer weather spurs increase in ice anglers

North Dakota State University researcher Alec Lackmann with a large bigmouth buffalo that was part of a study showing the fish is one of the oldest-living freshwater species in the world. Lackmann's research found one bigmouth buffalo that was 112 years old and many older than 80 years. (Photo courtesty of Alec Lackmann / NDSU)

Northland Outdoors Jan 16th 2021 - 8am

Minnesota's oldest fish species benefits from river restoration efforts

Snowmobile and ATV tracks in the Grand Forks Greenway are apparent after an early January snowfall. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)

Northland Outdoors Jan 16th 2021 - 7am

Dokken: Following the rules will improve Greenway experience for all

Illustration by Mike Jacobs

Northland Outdoors Jan 16th 2021 - 7am

Always in Season/ Mike Jacobs: Another northerner overruns the feeders

Calendar graphic (from Pixabay)

Northland Outdoors Jan 16th 2021 - 7am

Outdoors Calendar: Devils Lake, Larimore Dam ice fishing events on tap

North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. Special to The Forum

Northland Outdoors Jan 15th 2021 - 4pm

2 of 4 North Dakota trespass bills receive do-pass recommendations

Minnesota's new critical habitat license plate. (Photo/ Minnesota DNR)

Northland Outdoors Jan 15th 2021 - 2pm

Outdoors notebook: DNR unveils new habitat license plate, etc.

This angler had plenty of reason to smile after catching a 29-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods. (Photo courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism)

Northland Outdoors Jan 15th 2021 - 10am

Explore Minnesota fishing report for Friday, Jan. 15

A doe stands at attention over a turkey decoy in an open field on a spring morning in 2020. This area of predominantly open agriculture in southwestern Minnesota is in the shotgun-only zone for firearms deer season. Legislation has been introduced for a second straight year to eliminate the shotgun-only zone in Minnesota and allow the use of rifles statewide to take deer during the regular firearms season. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

Northland Outdoors Jan 15th 2021 - 10am

After gaining some steam in 2020, legislation returns to remove shotgun-only zone for Minnesota deer hunters

The Minnesota DNR reminds state residents that, after federal wolf protections ended Monday, exisiting state laws have kicked in that allow people to kill wolves found to be attacking livestock or pets. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 1pm

Wolf supporters file lawsuit to block delisting

Minnesota's newest critical habitat license plate depicts a bee and butterflies. (Photo courtesy Minnesota DNR)

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 12pm

Pollinator license plates finally available in Minnesota

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 10am

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Quieter weekend after the winter storm

Plow trucks work on the Northwest Angle Guest Ice road earlier this week on Lake of the Woods. (Photo courtesy of Teri Alsleben, Points North Services)

Northland Outdoors Jan 14th 2021 - 9am

Opening of Northwest Angle Ice Road again on hold, organizer says

Last winter Mille Lacs registered more than 3 million angler hours of pressure, a record, according to Department of Natural Resources estimates. Brian Anderson / Star Tribune / TNS

Northland Outdoors Jan 13th 2021 - 7pm

Column: Popularity of winter angling places pressure on productive walleye lakes

Mike Frisch used an ice jigging rod to land this winter walleye. A jigging approach utilizing the right rod can put more winter fish on the ice. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 13th 2021 - 2pm

Mike Frisch: Rods have come a long way to help put more fish on the ice

The Minnesota DNR was able to stock yearling and fingerling-sized walleyes into lakes in 2020, but at lower levels than most years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the DNR to cancel its egg-taking program in the spring of 2020. (Forum News Service file photo)

Northland Outdoors Jan 13th 2021 - 10am

Minnesota fish-stocking efforts take a hit in 2020 due to pandemic

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