Titled “Mink Sink, Swim on Burbot Catch,” the 1954 article featured commercial fishermen who were netting the “voracious predatory monsters” through the ice on Lake of the Woods for use as mink food.

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Something fishy's going on with the burbot population on Lake of the Woods. These freshwater members of the cod family, most active in winter, traditionally added slime, if not spice, to the lives of ...