Each year thousands of fishmerman trade in their boats for sled, shelters and cold weather gear to hit frozen lakes for trophy fish.   Ice Hockey is the official state sport in Minnesota, but outdoorsmen and anglers will argue that ice fishing is number one.  Minnesota is world reknowned for ice fishing and being the land of a thousand lakes.  So choosing the right lake for your ice fishing might be a long process.  In this post, we have done the research and found the most popular hard water fisheries in the frozen state.