WALKER, Minn. — The first Frozen Block Party was held in Walker this past weekend, a time when the unexpectedly canceled International Eelpout Festival would have been in full swing. Attendance was ...

WALKER, Minn.-"Who loves America?" an announcer yelled to a growing crowd that had gathered around a rectangular hole in the ice on Leech Lake. The crowd "woo"-ed in agreement and, minutes later, ...

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 ...

WALKER, Minn. (WCCO)-- New Orleans has Mardi Gras, Munich has Oktoberfest and northern Minnesota has The Eelpout Festival. It's an all-out party on ice, Feb. 16-19, featuring games, booze and fish on ...

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 ...

WALKER Minn. — Organizers of this year’s International Eelpout Festival butted heads with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office on Monday after the sheriff’s office announced restrictions of vehicle ...

In 1979, Don and Debbie Overcash, owners of Walker Drug, and Ken Bresley of the Tackle Box bait shop came up with the idea of an International Eelpout Festival to encourage winter tourism in Walker, ...

It fights hard, tastes great and readily hits lures and live minnows in the long nights of late winter, when other fish have developed lockjaw. When you say it like that, you’d think the burbot, ...

To many, the fat, slimy eelpout is one of the ugliest fish swimming in Minnesota's waters. But to Brent Getzler, the one he caught is a beauty because it is likely to put him in the record books and ...

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 ...

Along heavily polluted regions of Germany’s Baltic coast, populations of an eel-like fish have a high incidence of potentially serious reproductive anomalies, according to a new study. Some 10 to 25 ...