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 ...

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 ...

Lake of the Woods has been in the news the past couple of days for the potential new state record eelpout caught Monday north of Pine Island. Brent Getzler of Roosevelt, Minn., caught the big ‘pout, ...

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. - 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 restrictictions for vehicle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surprised by the sudden, unexpected cancellation of a major winter tourism draw, businesses and officials in Walker, Minn., are scrambling to come up with an alternative to the International Eelpout ...

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 ...

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 ...

A warm European winter has renewed concerns about climate change. New research exploring the effects of rising temperatures on a bottom-feeding fish in the North Sea -- the eelpout -- shows what ...