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 ...

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, 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 ...

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- 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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There'll be no vehicle restrictions at this year's Eelpout Festival. Organizers of the 39th-annual ice fishing extravaganza announced Tuesday that festival-goers will be able ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 40 years ...

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 ...