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Also shifting pressure to Mille Lacs perch this winter was the lake’s deadbeat harvest of keeper walleyes, which started last summer. By last fall, anglers had harvested only about a third of ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Given recent announcements by the Department of Natural Resources that this summer’s Mille Lacs walleye limit ...
MILLE LACS, Minn. — Mille Lacs Lake resort and business owners and fishermen received some good news Friday as the ice fishing season approaches. The walleye fishing season will open Friday, Dec ...
Walleye fishing on Mille Lacs Lake is set to begin on May 10, with regulations now approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. According to the Minnesota DNR, walleye will be able ...
The estimated population of Mille Lacs walleyes was as high as 1.1 million (14 inches or longer) in 2002 but crashed to just 249,000 in 2014 after multiple bad reproduction years, called year classes.
Coming off a season of walleye overindulgence on Mille Lacs, there's discord between the Department of Natural Resources and Chippewa bands from Minnesota and Wisconsin over how many walleyes to ...
Ice anglers will be allowed to keep a single walleye on Lake Mille Lacs this winter, officials announced Thursday.That’s notable because the lake is currently closed to walleye fishing of any ...
WAHKON, Minn. — The Mille Lacs Band Department of Natural Resources is trying to learn what’s killing the lake’s juvenile walleye population. Researchers with the Minnesota DNR have ...
Fishermen and women can keep one walleye in a slot between 21 and 23 inches, or one that's over 28 inches. The regulations begin December 1.
ST. PAUL - Catch-and-release only regulations needed to rebuild Mille Lacs Lake's walleye population will again be in effect when anglers hit the water on Saturday, May 13. The 2017 walleye season ...
Meanwhile, regarding Mille Lacs walleyes, on March 14 the DNR announced that beginning with the May 10 opener, Mille Lacs anglers can keep two walleyes longer than 17 inches, provided only one is ...