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.

BAUDETTE, Minn. — As expected, ice fishing pressure on Lake of the Woods dropped dramatically during the winter of 2023-24, the result of unusually mild temperatures that hindered ice conditions and ...

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.

For ice fishing on Lake of the Woods, vintage ‘Bombers’ rumble on It’s been 45 years since the assembly line shut down, but the bug-shaped transport vehicles have persevered as winter workhorses to ...