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 ...

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.

Jerry Keith Buhr, 67, of Osage, Minnesota, was found with his ATV upside-down and having drowned in about 4 to 5 feet of water on Dec. 23 on Big Toad Lake, the Becker County Sheriff's Office said ...

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 ...

The Lake of the Woods County Sheriff's Office says it was notified of a possible drowning at the Northwest Angle near Flag Island on Lake of the Woods shortly after 8 a.m. The Minnesota Bureau of ...

Dec. 28 - A vehicle used to transport ice-fishers crashed through the ice on Lake of the Woods, killing one man. Dec. 23 - A man was found on Big Toad Lake with his ATV upside-down and having ...

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 ...

According to Minnesota Department of Revenue data, the number of family-owned resorts in Minnesota continues to shrink, from more than 3,000 in the 1960s to 646 in 2021.

May 16—BAUDETTE, Minn. — If the walleyes didn't cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota's 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn't be because of the weather.

The number of family-owned resorts in Minnesota continues to shrink, from more than 3,000 in the 1960s to 646 in 2021. The announcement earlier this month of the sale of Cragun’s Resort inspired ...