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Lake of the Woods Tourism Bureau
PO Box 518Baudette, MN 56623
Resorts and restaurants offer a nice variety of delicious meals. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Try one of the areas famous walleye fish frys!
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Welcome to the Walleye Capital of the World, Lake of the Woods. This picturesque area boasts the famous Lake of the Woods, Rainy River and NW Angle. Enjoy world class fishing winter, spring, summer and fall. There are 317,000 acres of user friendly Minnesota waters and millions of walleyes. The lodging community offers a nice variety of lodging, full service fishing, meal plans and everything you need for a successful trip whether being guided or fishing on your own.
In addition to walleyes, the lake boast good numbers of saugers, pike, muskies, sturgeon, smallmouth bass, jumbo perch, crappies and eelpout.
The area is full of wildlife along with thousands of acres of public hunting land. Hunters enjoy three species of grouse, a variety of waterfowl, white tailed deer, and black bears. Birders enjoy nearly 300 species of birds (some are very rare). The area can successfully accommodate both silent and motorized sports including ATV, OHV and snowmobiles with ample trails for both.
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Ice fishing in the Superior National Forest / Alyssa Hei
A friendly game of hockey at WinterSkate in St. Paul / Teresa Boardman
A couple watches the northern lights at Gooseberry Falls State Park / Travis Novitsky
Whitetail Woods in Farmington has two camper cabins open year-round / Paul Vincent
A colorful sunrise over Grace Lake in the Boundary Waters / Gary Hamer
Angler shows off a 25-inch walleye caught on Maple Lake near Alexandria / Joe Scegura's Guide Service
Dog jumping off a dock into Ottertail Lake at sunset / Allie Hoeft
Fall fishing along the Lake Country Scenic Byway near Park Rapids
Fall fishing from a dock at Loons Landing Resort / Visit Grand Rapids
A 30-inch walleye caught on the Rainy River / LakeoftheWoodsMN.com
Minnesota boasts nearly half a million deer hunters / Lee Toua
Anglers on Rainy Lake snowmobile to their ice fishing house for the ultimate Minnesota winter experience
Explore over 1,500 interconnected miles of groomed snowmobiling trails in northwest Minnesota / Visit Thief River Falls
Feel the breeze in your hair on a Minnesota road trip / Roy Son
Headed home with a nice stringer of walleye
Fireworks above Lake Superior from the Grand Marais shore / David R. Johnson
Can you find all 30 "Sunny" fish sculptures throughout Detroit Lakes?
The northern lights over Lake Superior / Alister Olson
Lake of the Woods anglers show off their walleye and sauger catch / Lake of the Woods Tourism
Ice house at Sunset Lodge on Lake of the Woods / Lake of the Woods Tourism
One of the docks at Angle Inlet on the Northwest Angle / <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jstephenconn/6079633524/" title="J. Stephen Conn on Flickr">J. Stephen Conn</a>, shared under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/" title="Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0 License">CC BY-NC 2.0</a>
Northern lights over Boulder Lake near Duluth / Jonathan Dyess
Sunset fishing in Grand Marais / Amy Minnick