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It’s Sportshow time again.  Over the next couple of weeks, Lake of the Woods Tourism is displaying at two different sportsman’s shows across the Dakotas.  This is a great opportunity [...]

As we approach March, watching the numbers of big pike being caught on Lake of the Woods, some by pike anglers, some by walleye anglers, it reminded me that this happens every year.  Anglers [...]

The NW Angle Edge Riders Snowmobile Club will hold their 20th annual Snow Rally on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at Sunset Lodge Resort up at the NW Angle.  Follow the ice road from Young’s Bay, or [...]

The plans were made months ago.  Once we had word the business owners up at the NW Angle were taking matters into their own hands and constructing the NW Angle Guest Ice Road, Greg Jones of [...]

As many Midwesterners who enjoy ice fishing are in the heart of the ice fishing season, it is good to look ahead at a month of ice fishing that many don’t really consider when it comes to [...]

It all started out as a necessity.  Business owners up at the NW Angle have been cut off since Mid March of 2020 from their customers.  Nobody ever imagined this would last into the winter [...]

The most common strategy when ice fishing in Minnesota where an angler gets two lines while ice fishing is to jig one line and deadstick the second line. One of the most simple techniques while [...]

Introduction The Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Task Force (ORTF) was formed in 2020 by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Explore Minnesota to consider (1) how to bring [...]

In today’s busy world, when a window of opportunity to buzz up to Lake of the Woods opens up, you need to jump on it.  But how do you find lodging and fish houses during a busy weekend?  [...]

The NW Angle has some of the best ice fishing in North America.  Without a way for guests to drive up to the Angle due to the border closure, area businesses, facing yet another season of little [...]