Rainy Lake and International Falls.
Most anglers are fishing Sand Bay, but ice has improved at American Narrows and other points to the east on Rainy Lake. Walleye are hitting on jigs and minnows and some good sized northern pike are being pulled in around Black Bay with big minnows on a bare hook.
Voyageurs National Park has staked and opened the purple trail from Rainy Lake to Kettle Falls due to improved ice and snow conditions. The Green Trail to Kabetogama has been open for a couple weeks now. There are some pressure ridges, and snow cover may be somewhat thin on the windblown ice.
The Rainy Lake ice road is open to the Black Bay Ski Trail and the Echo Bay and KabAsh cross country ski trails are open with minimal snow. All the snowshoe trails in Voyageurs National park are open.
