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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Or at least, that seems to be the prevailing attitude for the upcoming Eelpout Festival in Walker, Feb. 20-23. The Eelpout Festival marks its 35th year this year, and in one crazy weekend, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pity the eelpout no more. There was a time when this unsightly fish — prone to wrapping itself around an angler's arm — would likely be beaten and tossed on lake ice as fodder for ravens. For ...

The following year, an estimated 2,250 to 2,400 anglers landed a total of 306 eelpout. Festival attendees participated in Eelpout bowling and enjoyed a fireworks display.

Organizers of the 39th-annual ice fishing extravaganza announced Tuesday that festival-goers will be able drive their trucks and RVs on Walker Bay.

Gercken’s team reports that eelpout caught in the polluted waters exhibited higher rates of gonadal problems than fish from the one relatively clean coastal site.