![Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Leah Weyandt walked to talk with anglers about the upcoming deadline to remove their ice fishing shelters Thursday at Lake Minnetonka. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers Brent Grewe and Leah Weyandt talked with anglers about the upcoming deadline to remove their ice fishing shelters Thursday, March 1, 2018 on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/LYCCPMYYLQM6NDN43FZ4QSG57A.jpg?&w=1080)
A recent thaw has coincided with the deadline for anglers in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota to remove their ice houses from lakes. Above, conservation officer Leah Weyandt on Thursday paid a call on Darrin Stuhr on Lake Minnetonka to remind him of Monday's deadline. At left, Weyandt made her way through soggy snow on her rounds. Story, B2
![Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Leah Weyandt talked with angler Darrin Stuhr of Eden Prairie about the upcoming deadline to remove ice fishing shelters Thursday at Lake Minnetonka. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers Brent Grewe and Leah Weyandt talked with anglers about the upcoming deadline to remove their ice fishing shelters Thursday, March 1, 2018 on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/EUUSQCKDV7XRUOHC4IH6LXLB5A.jpg?&w=1080)
