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

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.

May 2—Every year since 1986 — good weather and bad — Tim Lyon has tested the waters of Lake of the Woods or Rainy River on the Minnesota Fishing Opener. A charter boat driver for Ballard's ...

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 ...

Fishing opener brought a lot of anglers to Lake of the Woods, and a lot of success for them as well. Enforcement action was taken for the use of an extra line and fishing without a license.

Spring Fishing at Lake of the Woods By KSTP Updated: April 18, 2025 - 8:40 AM Published: April 18, 2025 - 6:57 AM ...

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.

BAUDETTE, Minn. - An investigation into guided fishing operations on Lake of the Woods has resulted in charges against 12 people, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported.