The six-year average winter harvest on Lake of the Woods is 190,000 pounds for walleyes and 289,000 pounds for saugers, based on statistics from previous DNR winter creel surveys.

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 ...

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 ...

Lake of the Woods remains a destination for northern pike. The 30- to 40-inch protected slot limit helps turn big fish into the giants for which the lake is known.

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 ...

Lake Winnebago has held a sturgeon spearing season each February since 1932. The season runs 16 days or until a harvest cap is met. Naturally, water clarity plays a big part in spearing success ...

With 60 rental ice fishing houses on Lake of the Woods this winter, and about 35 miles of ice roads to plow, Brian Ney knew that he and his crew of eight would be busy last Sunday. Ney's family ...

Dec. 14—They may not always bite, but populations of "eater-size" walleyes and saugers in Lake of the Woods look good going into the winter season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ...

The Lake of the Woods gated community in Orange County is under a boil-water advisory after a leak in a fire hydrant line was discovered Sunday.

The Lake of the Woods ice-related fatality is the second known this season in Minnesota. A 67-year-old man drowned during a fishing outing a few days before Christmas in Becker County.

More than 120 ice fishers were rescued in Minnesota Friday after they became stranded on a large sheet of ice that had drifted out into a lake. Emergency responders in Beltrami County, Minnesota ...

There's also a winter sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago and the connecting Upriver Lakes. Heavy Rods, Reels, and Line for Sturgeon Fishing Due to their large size and powerful runs, you ...