Nets pulled this fall show that an eight-year-long effort to restore lake sturgeon to the waters of Big Stone Lake and Upper Minnesota River watershed is producing results. Department of Natural ...

I always try to take a couple of winter trips to Big Stone Lake in western Minnesota because I rate this as one of the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Lake sturgeon sightings on Big Stone Lake were few and far between until recent ...

BIG STONE COUNTY, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office has issued an ice safety advisory for Big Stone Lake. The Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of ice ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Officials are offering advice about navigating thin ice after two vehicles recently fell in Big Stone Lake. Two ATVs fell in the water on Big Stone Lake in the last week.