Wendell Anderson puttered his 18-foot boat partway onto his trailer at the White Bear Lake city launch after a recent afternoon of fishing. Normally he would gun the engine and pop the boat onto the ...

Most people who use boat ramps expect a fairly smooth entry and eventual exit from the water. What happens between the two is what creates memories of a great day, whether it's fish caught or some ...

From the front seat of my brother’s SUV, I smelled the faintest whiff of scorched metal but paid little heed—until, that is, we reached the launch-ramp parking lot, got out, and saw the sizzling-hot ...