Lake of the Woods is 70 miles long, 60 miles wide, and encompasses more than 1,700 square miles. It's a fishing haven for anglers that produces world-class walleye and sauger all year long, as ...

May 2—Every year since 1986 — good weather and bad — Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard's ...

While ice fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods exceeded 3 million angler-hours during the winter of 2022-23, fishing pressure during the winter of 2023-24 dropped.

May 10—Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, fishing pressure this past winter on Lake of the Woods didn't set a record, despite ideal ice conditions and marginal snow cover that made it easy to get ...

Joe Henry, Executive Director of the Lake of the Woods Tourism, fills us in on spring fishing opportunities still available.

Joe Banish of Grand Forks, N.D., caught this 27½-inch walleye Saturday, May 10, 2025, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, on Lake of the Woods near Baudette, Minn.

CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked turkey hunters during the week and anglers on Lake of the Woods for the opening weekend of fishing season. Fishing on Lake of the Woods was good for the first two ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. - An investigation into guided fishing operations on Lake of the Woods has resulted in charges against 12 people, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported.

While fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods was up from the winter of 2023-24, when anglers spent just over 1 million hours on the ice, the pressure fell well short of the record set during the ...