With just a few weeks left to ice fish, anglers at two popular lakes in North Dakota and Minnesota report consistent bites, good catches.

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.

The view from the mouth of Zippel Bay was a solid sheet of white for as far as the eye could see. This was Lake of the Woods in the wintertime from the south shoreline. The great white monotony ...