There's no denying it's been a tough winter for those who love winter sports and recreation, and it's also been a hard season for communities that host cherished annual winter festivals. Some have ...

Winter, schwinter. Fie upon thee, polar vortex. Think we can't take it? We can, we do, and we still celebrate the outdoors. Or at least, that seems to be the prevailing attitude for the upcoming ...

Thousands of Minnesota anglers will be pouting over the news that their favorite wintertime fishing get-together is off. Organizers of the International Eelpout Festival announced Thursday that they ...

The eelpout or burbot, that beady-eyed freshwater cod widely known as the “ish of fish” for its unsightly appearance, doesn’t get a lot of attention, but fisheries managers in Minnesota and North ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — After 38 years in Walker, Minn., the International Eelpout Festival may be moving to Lake Bemidji in 2018. According to the Oct. 17 agenda for the Beltrami County Commission meeting, ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Just days before the Bemidji City Council was slated to vote on formally opposing the International Eelpout Festival possible move to Lake Bemidji, organizers said Friday the event ...

Minnesota anglers flock to ice fishing contests each winter in search of walleye, northern, trout and other game fish with hopes of landing a trophy and winning a pile of cash or prizes or, at least a ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – More than 12,000 participants and visitors will descend on Walker, Minnesota for the upcoming International Eelpout Festival. The festival, always a spectacle, is known for ...

WALKER, Minnesota — The legendary International Eelpout Festival has been canceled in Walker, Minnesota this year. The festival organizers posted the announcement on their website, saying that they ...

Matthew Breuer from Bemidji-based North Country Guide Service joins Chris and Megan to talk about Eelpout, which has been deemed Minnesota’s ugliest and slimiest fish. Matthew tells us a bit more ...

WALKER- The annual International Eelpout Festival is scheduled Feb. 21-24 on Leech Lake in front of Chase on the Lake in Walker. "The festival is known for providing a mid-winter respite for the many ...

LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. -- Slimy. Fat. And, in it’s own special way, beautiful. And a record-setter. All are apt descriptions for a 19-pound, 11-ounce eelpout (aka burbot, aka lawyer, lingcod, cusk ...