Most fishing activity is taking place in 25 to 31 feet of water. A two-rod setup continues to shine: work an active jigging ...

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.

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 ...

Lake of the Woods Tourism announced on Thursday that the Professional Musky Tournament Trail (PMTT) will host its 2026 Recon ...

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LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. – The 3½-pound smallmouth bass smacked a tube jig on his very first cast, and during one stretch on this picture-perfect September day, it looked as if Ben Barrus might just ...

Dec. 14—They may not always bite, but populations of "eater-size" walleyes and saugers in Lake of the Woods look good going into the winter season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said ...

Guests visit this section of Lake of the Woods for snowmobiling and other wintertime activities, but mostly for ice fishing ...

There is no better illustration of the north-south latitude variance in Minnesota during the start of a Super El Nino winter than what everyone has experienced in this December. In southern Minnesota, ...

Sitting over an 8-inch hole on a one-million-acre lake does give an angler an incredibly wide range of potential outcomes, although none are guaranteed to you. This is the draw that is Lake of the ...

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

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.