Another ice-fishing fatality earlier this month. The Lake of the Woods death is the second known fatality this ice fishing season in Minnesota. Jerry Keith Buhr, 67, of Osage, Minnesota, was found ...

About 50 ice anglers had to be rescued from a northern Minnesota lake on New Year's Day after a pressure ridge they were near split and left them stranded, officials said Tuesday.. The event on ...

The number of fish houses on the ice of Lake of the Woods appeared to be down considerably last winter, as this photo from Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, showed.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Ice Fishing Has Its Rewards, ... When winter freezes Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota, the landscape becomes dotted with sturdy wooden or metal shacks and canvas shelters.

At the Minnesota-Canada border, Lake of the Woods ice fishing has finally begun after an extended warm weather delay. Four Mile Bay iced over to Pine and Sable Islands, and last week outfitters ...

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 ...

Jeff Anderson, general manager of Border View Lodge in Baudette, joins us over Zoom to share his professional experience on what makes fishing Lake of the Woods such a unique experience. Anderson ...

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.