KNIFE LAKE, BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS - Kelly Murphy’s muffled voice came from inside his fishing shelter not far from the Canadian border on Knife Lake. “There’s hot coffee and cookies in ...

Trout waters -- There are a number of good lake trout lakes in the Ely area. Lac La Croix, Basswood, Knife and Ottertrack, along the border, are traditionally good trout waters in the Boundary Waters ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...