The survey tallied an average of 15.5 walleyes and 16 saugers per gill net. That’s down slightly from the historic average of ...

According to preliminary results from a winter creel survey conducted by the Minnesota DNR, anglers logged just over 2 million hours of fishing pressure on the big lake during the winter of 2024-25.

The bite is on, and anglers are boating good numbers of walleyes and saugers daily, Lake of the Woods Tourism reports in its weekly update. Pulling spinners with crawlers and trolling crankbaits in ...

The best action remains in 15-25 feet of water along traditional fall locations from Pine Island to Morris Point Gap, Zippel ...

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. Morning temps in ...

How much is too much? That’s a question many people probably are asking this winter about the fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods. Between wheelhouses, a bustling winter resort industry, savvy ...

Like any cop making a traffic stop, Ben Huener was alert when he and another Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer, Coby Fontes, approached a fishing boat recently while ...

Sep. 1—At first glance, the numbers from last winter's creel survey on Lake of the Woods might suggest ice fishing pressure reached an all-time high, but a new survey design the Minnesota Department ...

Before Gregg Hennum sold Sportsman’s Lodge in 2021, his family’s well-known Lake of the Woods fishing resort maintained a fleet of more than 20 Bombardier snow buses to get anglers to and from the ...

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 around.