MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If you haven’t already, it’s time to pull your fish house off the lake. Anglers have until the end of Monday to remove structures in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota. The northern counties have until the end of day on March 21. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking that houses, the belongings inside and garbage come off the ice. When things are left behind, and the ice melts, those items fall into lakes and litter shorelines ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If you haven’t already, it’s time to pull your fish house off the lake. Anglers have until the end of Monday to remove structures in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota. The northern counties have until the end of day on March 21. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking that houses, the belongings inside and garbage come off the ice. When things are left behind, and the ice melts, those items fall into lakes and litter shorelines ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a sign that spring is right around the corner. Here’s your annual warning to get your fish house off the lake in the next few days. Anglers have until the end of Monday to remove fish houses in the southern two-thirds of the state. The Department of Natural Resources can ticket you and destroy your shelter if it’s not off the ice. Conservation officers also ask that you pick up any trash. Anglers in northern Minnesota get an extra two weeks ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This cold weather is good for some things, like making ice for fishing. But as WCCO found out, this year – it’s complicated. While the temps are low enough for ice-making, the conditions aren’t as nice as they might seem. Jeff Heinrichs owns Ice Fishing Warriors, an icefishing cabin rental service on Lake Minnetonka. “It is very deceiving, a lot of people will come out and think they can just drive wherever they want and they should be checking the ice wherever they go,” he said. RELATED: The Importance Of Checking Lake Ice He blames the lack of ice on the abundance of sn ..read more

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WCCO) — Ice fishermen in Wisconsin had a rare kind of scare this weekend when a large ice shelf broke off and drifted out into the water. Darin Grieger and his buddies were part of the group of 34 people that had to be rescued by authorities in Green Bay. Grieger says soon after they got set up Saturday morning, he heard a loud crack. An hour and a half later, they noticed the ground start to move. “This gap started to grow and grow and grow,” Grieger said. “Within probably 30 seconds it was 10 feet where you’re not going to get across. [The ice shelf] was huge. So like half o ..read more

MINNETONKA, Minn. (WCCO) — This time of year, ice anglers in Minnesota are preparing. “They’re just getting ready. Gotta put the line on their reels, oil for their augers,” said Bob Sonenstahl, who has run Wayzata Bait and Tackle for 47 years and has been fishing even longer. “When I was a kid here, on Thanksgiving Day we were always fishing on one of these lakes,” said Sonenstahl. “There was always 2 inches of ice some place, we could find it and get on it. But now with the amount of people and traffic and heat, these things don’t set up like that.” At Gray’s Bay in Minnetonka there is ice co ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers of the approaching fish house removal deadline. In a news release Friday, the DNR says the removal deadline in the southern two-thirds of the state is Monday while the deadline for the northern one-third of the state is March 15. The deadline for Minnesota-Canada border waters is March 31, and the Minnesota-South Dakota and North Dakota border waters deadline is March 5. If shelters aren’t removed by the deadline, owners may be prosecuted, and houses may be confiscated or destroyed by a conservation officer ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This arctic air is quickly transforming Minnesota’s lakes. A dark strip along Lake Superior’s north shore was open water just last week, but now there is 25% more ice in just seven days. The deep freeze has made for ideal conditions for anglers, and businesses that count on cold, hard cash. READ MORE: Mercury To Move Above Zero After 4 Consecutive Subzero Days Ronnie and Kathy Anderson left their beachfront Crystal Beach, Texas home for the Minnesota lake-top experience. “This is a bucket list that I’ve always wanted to do, I’ve always wanted to go ice fishing,” Ronnie sai ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The extreme cold isn’t scaring away these ice fishers, which is clear by the dozens of ice houses out on Medicine Lake in Plymouth on Friday night. The below-zero drop in temperature gives the ice fishers the confidence to know the ice is thick and there’s no risk of breaking through. “I’m going fishing, come hell or high water,” said Robert Nelson, who was ice fishing all weekend with his buddy on Medicine Lake. While it’s freezing outside, it feel almost tropical in his ice house. “I can get it as hot as I want, 80 to 90 degrees,” said Nelson. “The whole thing is insulat ..read more

Coronavirus: Latest News | Community Resources | COVID-19 Info | Download Our App | CBSN Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Teachers are used to getting creative to make things work for their students, especially during this time of distance learning. But Eliza Robertson, a special needs teacher from Fergus Falls, has really embraced her creative side — hook, line and sinker. “Our kids are used to that connection, so when we don’t have it, it makes it really, really hard for us to connect with them,” Robertson said. Like so many teachers, Robertson miss ..read more