This Wisconsin retreat offers anglers and adventurers a 143-foot musky, sprawling lakes, tons of trails, iconic supper clubs, ...

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 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.

On Lake of the Woods, though, there's always the chance of a big walleye. Banish, the youngster in our crew at a mere 30 years old — the rest of us ranged in age from 50 to 68 — found that out ...

At the end of 12 days of fishing, much of it in weather that froze lines to rods and started the first ice of the season creeping out from the shores of Sawyer County lakes, Tony and his partner ...

CO Coby Fontes (Warroad South) spent the week patrolling Lake of the Woods and the surrounding area. Enforcement action was taken for no angling license in possession and no state park permit.

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 ...

Meanwhile, the Lake of the Woods sauger population remains at a "high level of abundance," the DNR said, with an average catch of 21.7 saugers per gill net lift during the fall survey.

Fishing guide Ben Barrus of Roosevelt, Minn., holds a chunky smallmouth bass he caught and released Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, on the south shore of Lake of the Woods.

Amanda Wilcox, of Rochester, caught this 45-inch, 25-lb Otisco Lake tiger muskie in August while fishing with her dad. Amanda Wilcox “I see its head and I’m like, oh my God,” Wilcox said.

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 around ...