Tucked away in the Southern Oregon Cascades, there's a magical spot where crystal-clear waters meet towering pines, and locals have been keeping it wonderfully quiet for decades. Lake of the Woods ...

BAUDETTE About the time the ice fishing blues set in each winter I have the good fortune to be included in Gary Roach's Run to the North. That's the unofficial name I've given Mr. Walleye's annual ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is taking input on the draft of a new master plan that will guide fisheries management on Lake of the Woods for the next 10 years. The ...

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, 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 ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – A new wave buoy system now in place on Lake of the Woods aims to improve safety, planning and experiences for boaters who cross the big lake. In a news release, Lake of the Woods ...

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 ...

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 ...