Upper Red Lake ice restrictions lifted 01:47. BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — Businesses and resorts around Minnesota's lakes are happy about the upcoming cold. Now that there's enough ice, the ...

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Aerial observations show that Upper Red Lake has iced over. The sheriff says the ice that was shifting causing the open water has locked up, leaving little room for the ice to shift. Vehicle ban ...

Jan. 5—Following several ice rescue incidents on Upper Red Lake in the past month due to unseasonably warm weather, restrictions have been put in place for the safety of anglers and rescue ...

Officials say lifting the restrictions does not mean that the ice on Upper Red Lake, or any area lake, is “safe” or has consistent thickness and integrity. Ice can never be considered 100% safe.

The wind on Upper Red Lake on Sunday pushed an ice chunk where they were fishing a couple hundred feet from the main ice sheet. “It’s not like we were sailing away like Gilligan,” Mord said.

“Upper Lake only gets to be about 15 feet deep, and so as the perimeter freezes first, which happens on all lakes, it can get pretty thick before the middle of the lake even has ice.

Anglers fishing Upper Red Lake will have a three-walleye possession limit, with only one walleye longer than 17 inches allowed, during the 2024 open-water season that starts May 11, the Department ...

BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — Authorities confirm emergency crews have now rescued dozens of people stranded on an ice chunk that broke off from the shore of Upper Red Lake. At approximately 4:50 p.m ...