A Rainy Lake fishing trip has been a tradition for our group for more than 15 years. Although we go into the event with the mindset that every year is going to be a little different, with the historic ...

ON RAINY LAKE - At the age of 89 years, 11 months and 21 days, you would have found Jim Rolando in his 18-foot Crestliner fishing for walleyes. Then again, that's where you would find him on just ...

Billy Dougherty remembers clearly his first day as a paid fishing guide on Rainy Lake. Opening day, 1965. He was working for his grandparents at the Kettle Falls Hotel on the lake. "This guy walked up ...

A mild, snow-free winter and an early spring resulted in near-record ice fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods and record open-water fishing pressure on the Rainy River, results from a Minnesota ...

Making money for taking people fishing is the dream job of many youngsters growing up on Rainy Lake. Billy Dougherty did it. He got paid $10 for his first paid fishing guide trip. He was 9 years old ...

Anglers will be able to keep fewer walleye and sauger beginning Friday, March 1, on Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “The new ...

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. - Billy Dougherty remembers clearly his first day as a paid fishing guide on Rainy Lake. Opening day, 1965. He was working for his grandparents at the Kettle Falls Hotel on ...

Rainy Lake fishing guide Billy Dougherty holds a hefty northern pike he caught on the lake. On Friday, March 23, 2018, Dougherty will be inducted into the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame. This summer ...