Wisconsin's opener is only two weeks away and Minnesota's is in three weeks, but a University of Minnesota lakes expert is cautiously optimistic. John Downing, director of the University of Minnesota ...
Tracy and Angie Vredenburg of Grand Rapids took daughters Paige and Haley fishing for the first time on Wabana Lake north of Grand Rapids. Paige was 3½, Haley 2. "They had a ball," Tracy said.