“They were like, ‘There’s no way you caught a muskie that big (on the south shore of Lake of the Woods),’ ” he said. “ ‘Where are you fishing? You must be in Wisconsin.’ ...

Catching a muskie through the ice is a rare occurrence anywhere on Lake of the Woods, but muskies are even ... when he reeled up a lake trout while fishing walleyes and saugers.

LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. — The daughter of a former NFL All-Pro reeled in a monster muskie while fishing on the Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota. Joe Thomas, a former left tackle for the ...

Bone Lake was a good size lake, about a mile or two wide and 7 miles long, and known for its good muskie fishing. At the south end of the lake, a dairy farmer had a farm. The farmer kept his ...

They call it the Minnesota Fishing Opener, but up here on Lake of the Woods – and thousands of other lakes across the state, I dare say – it’s the walleye that reigns supreme. So it was that ...

But these anglers must not fish for lake sturgeon. Indeed, in Wisconsin, which has dubbed the muskie its state fish ... low or recovering in many areas, fishing opportunities are limited across ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 with his ATV upside-down and having drowned in ...

Catching a muskie through the ice is a rare occurrence anywhere on Lake of the Woods, but muskies are even ... when he reeled up a lake trout while fishing walleyes and saugers.