Aug. 2—BAUDETTE, Minn. — As expected, ice fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods dropped dramatically during the winter of 2023-24, the result of unusually mild temperatures that hindered ice ...

At first glance, the numbers from last winter’s creel survey on Lake of the Woods might suggest ice fishing pressure reached an all-time high, but a new survey design the Minnesota Department of ...

According to preliminary results from a winter creel survey conducted by the Minnesota DNR, anglers logged just over 2 million hours of fishing pressure on the big lake during the winter of 2024-25.

His videos are a coordinated mix of action on top of the water/ice, synced with underwater video and recorded sonar that ...

There is no better illustration of the north-south latitude variance in Minnesota during the start of a Super El Nino winter than what everyone has experienced in this December. In southern Minnesota, ...

Before Gregg Hennum sold Sportsman’s Lodge in 2021, his family’s well-known Lake of the Woods fishing resort maintained a fleet of more than 20 Bombardier snow buses to get anglers to and from the ...

Find the best early ice fishing hotspots and learn where first ice forms safely. Explore ponds, river backwaters, coves, and ...