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Minnesota · Lake
Lake of the Woods County · 950K ac
Binational total — Minnesota portion is approximately 317,000 acres per MN DNR.
We can’t reliably identify Lake of the Woods in the federal hydrography dataset, so we’re not showing consumption advisory, invasive species, or habitat data for it. Another water body shares its identifier in our records — one about 5 km away. Rather than show you data that may belong to a different lake, we’re showing nothing.
Check these directly with the agency that publishes them:
No agency publishes these per lake — they are figures we compute:
Checked August 26, 2026. This lifts automatically once the identifier is corrected.
950K
Acres
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AIS Status
N/A
Last Stocked
Walleye regulations
Walleye/sauger combined aggregate limit 6; no more than 4 of the 6 may be walleye. Main lake harvests continuously through Apr 14. Four Mile Bay / Rainy River C&R structure is a separate sub-area regulation — not modeled on this entity.
All walleye measuring 19.5 to 28.0 inches must be immediately released.
Only 1 walleye over 28 inches may be in possession.
Data provided by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. All data subject to respective agency terms and conditions.