This winter, many Lake of the Woods resorts are limiting their transport to lightweight vehicles that pull heated enclosed trailers to carry customers onto the ice. The ice is maybe 20 inches thick.

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.

Spring Fishing at Lake of the Woods Joe Henry, Executive Director of the Lake of the Woods Tourism, fills us in on spring fishing opportunities still available.

Known far and wide as a great fishing state, Minnesota offers angling opportunities unknown virtually anywhere in the U.S. outside of Alaska. Trout fishing in the southeast. Catfishing (and fishing ...

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.