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Today’s confirmation that life is utterly unfair comes from Iceland where a couple from Le Crescent, Minn., died while fishing. Read more →
Some anglers think muskies destroy the walleye population so the bills would give counties veto power over lakes where the DNR stocks muskies and puts a moratorium on plans to expand lakes with muskie.
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The Duluth News Tribune reports two men — Russell R. Sikkila Jr. of Chisholm and Carl W. Brandt of Forest Lake — have been fined $800 and $1,500. That’s the penalty for hiding bags of leeches in a worm cooler when they crossed the border at Fort Frances. Read more →
Who wouldn’t take every opportunity to own a record in a state that’s fishing crazy like Minnesota?
Kelsey Poshusta. Read more →
Apparently, there’s nothing quite like sitting on an overturned five-gallon bucket on frozen ice with a winter wind doing that thing the winter wind does around Brainerd. Read more →
There are several elements to the story worthy of discussion: Can the future of the lake and the present of the lake co-exist anymore? What other business deserves a state bailout?
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After several seasons of poor smelt runs, the tiny fish are back in Lake Superior, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today. That’s a big deal because it’s brought smelt anglers back to the Northland.
Both the smelt and those in search of them only come out at night.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals today upheld the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to regulate the size and number of fish taken from Lake Mille Lacs.
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It was a pretty lonely existence for a few ice fisherpeople on Lake Mille Lacs yesterday… And who can blame anyone? It was pretty cold yesterday. So today, when it’s even colder, people are moving into the neighborhood. Source: MNLakeCams.com
A Minnesota man’s world fishing record still stands. Read more →