Fishing guide Travis DeWitt of Ballard’s Resort steers his 27-foot Sportcraft guide boat on Lake of the Woods north of Pine Island on Saturday, May 10, 2025, the opening day of Minnesota’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fish houses dot the ice Dec. 31, 2024, on Lake of the Woods north of Pine Island. Preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources show anglers logged about 2 million hours ...

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 ...