ORTONVILLE, Minn. | OK. I’ve never been able to keep a secret, and I’m not going to start now. So, here it is. There is an incredible perch bite going on Big Stone Lake in northeastern South Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — River flows are down and it appears flooding is slowing near the Minnesota River in Ortonville, Minnesota. Scattered t-storms today; Big heat likely this weekend Artie’s ...

For the first time in nearly 80 years, lake sturgeon — ancient fish that can grow up to a tall man’s length — are once more flowing through the waters of Big Stone Lake, a 26-mile-wide border lake ...

Joe Kaseforth of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries office in Ortonville handles a Lake Sturgeon caught for analysis in Big Stone Lake. Minnesota's largest fish species was ...

Three men evacuated an ATV pulling a fish house as it broke through ice when crossing an ice heave on Jan. 2, 2025. The Big Stone County Sheriff's Office posted this image of the partially submerged ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Lake sturgeon have returned to one of the only places they were once abundant in South Dakota, Big Stone Lake. It’s thanks to a nearly 10 year project between both the ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Officials from South Dakota and Minnesota are working together to reintroduce thousands of lake sturgeon into Big Stone Lake. Representatives from the South Dakota Game, Fish and ...

There are occasional reports from anglers of catching sturgeon approaching 60 inches in length. Some reports indicate that some of the fish are migrating upstream and downstream of Big Stone Lake.