The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Water Patrol, in collaboration with the non-profit Freshwater Society, declared the ice-out on Saturday, marking the unofficial start to boating season.

Thanks to unseasonably warm weather, ice fishing was a bust ... Because whether they stride onto Minnetonka, White Bear, Bald Eagle or other metro lakes, or trek to Lake of the Woods on Minnesota ...

Walleye anglers on Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake will be allowed to keep five ... For the 2025-2026 ice-fishing season, the plan is to reduce the possession limit to four walleyes, with one more ...

As of 1:32 p.m. Saturday, the ice was declared officially out on Lake Minnetonka by the Freshwater Society and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol. “Ice out is observed on Lake ...

WAYZATA, Minn. — UPDATE: Monday afternoon, Freshwater Society and Hennepin County Water Patrol were out on Lake Minnetonka and did not declare ice-out. Freshwater Society's Chris O'Brien said ...