Angling pressure on Leech totaled 785,000 hours last summer, the highest in 10 years. It's nearly double the fishing pressure from 2005, when the DNR tallied 430,000 angling hours.

A driver escaped with no injuries after his pickup truck fell through a crack in the ice on Leech Lake on Friday morning near Walker.

Lingering ice, cold water could play into Minnesota fishing opener strategies – at least 'up north' Lake of the Woods, Upper Red, Cass, Leech and Winnie all had ice early this week.

McGowan also worked Cass County lakes for angling activity. There is little to no fishing activity on Leech Lake due to poor ice conditions. CO Mark Mathy (Cass Lake) primarily checked ice anglers.

Former UND goaltender Toby Kvalevog admires a Leech Lake walleye he caught June 11. Kvalevog, of Brainerd, Minn., has made the transition from hockey nets to landing nets and now is a partner in ...

Ice fishing is hot in Minnesota this winter, thanks to the cold Since Thanksgiving, the DNR has sold about 56,500 fishing licenses as anglers give in to pent-up demand.

Ice still covered most of Fish Lake Reservoir north of Duluth on Tuesday. It's expected most Duluth-area lakes should lose their ice just in time for the May 14 fishing opener.

Deputies responded and learned that a 2007 Dodge Ram Pickup with snowplow was operating on a plowed roadway on the lake when a large crack formed, and the vehicle went through the ice.

WALKER, Minn. -- Four people were rescued from Leech Lake after the vehicle they were in went through the ice Friday night. According to Sheriff Tom Burch, the Cass County Sheriff's Office ...