Ciscoes aren't found in every lake, and even where they are found, sometimes they don't grow large. Ice fishing for ciscoes is best in deep, clear lakes where they grow to beefcake proportions, like ...

BAUDETTE, Minn.-The thought of ice fishing on a morning when the air temperature is 26 below zero might seem like insanity to the uninitiated, but this wouldn't be a day spent outside sitting on a ...

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.

Jan. 19—News of another surprise catch on Lake of the Woods hit my inbox Wednesday afternoon, when I opened the weekly update from Sportsman's Oak Island Lodge on Minnesota's Northwest Angle.

BAUDETTE, Minn. -- The fish-cleaning house at Ballards Resort on Lake of the Woods was a busy place Tuesday evening. Guides cleaned about 400 walleyes and saugers caught that day by the resort's ...

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, ...

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 ...

Ice anglers eager to catch early-ice crappies are already hitting Pontoon Bay of Fish Lake, says Tim Wagner of Hi-Banks Resort near Duluth. "We've got 5 to 6 inches of ice," Wagner said Wednesday. "We ...

A vehicle used to transport ice-fishers crashed through the ice on a northern Minnesota lake, killing one man. The Cass County Lakes Area Dive Team recovered the man's body in about 10 feet of water ...

Feb. 24—BAUDETTE, Minn. — A Lake of the Woods ice fishing trip to Ballard's Resort has been a December tradition for years, but that wasn't an option because of the late start to this oddball winter ...