WINONA, Minn. – A few fishing tents have popped up dayside on the lower Lake Winona. Thank goodness, nobody has ventured out on the ice in a pickup et. In neighboring Wisconsin in Buffalo County, two ice-anglers slipped through the ice in separate incidents last week. Both were rescued.

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Heading home. He’s caught his limit and has packed his tent and gear on a sled and is trekking to shore. So long as the ice holds, tomorrow will be another good fishing day on Lake Winona. Image: Steve Lunde