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Upper Red Lake anglers will be allowed to keep three walleyes when the open water season begins on May 14, the DNR said Monday. The bag and possession limit will be three walleyes, with one longer than 17 inches allowed. “The new angling regulation and the abundance of 13- to 19-inch walleyes in the population should combine for a great fishing opener on Upper Red Lake,” said Gary Barnard, Bemidji, DNR area fisheries supervisor. Walleye harvest on Upper Red Lake is managed on an annual basis by a harvest plan, which was updated before the...
The Minnesota DNR is closing portions of some rivers in northwest Minnesota for opening weekend and some days thereafter to protect staging walleyes preparing to spawn, or spawning. Here is the list of waters that will be closed, and dates, from the DNR: Closed through May 17 Blackduck River – Beltrami County – County Road 32 north to Red Lake Reservation boundary. Clearwater River – Clearwater County – below Clearwater Lake Dam for 900 feet. Long Lake – Hubbard County – below the inlet culvert south of State Highway 34....
A bust years in the making shows that buying off the Red Lake and Leech Lake reservations continues, despite tribal, state and federal laws. Now 90 years old, John Falk can still remember Red Lake Indians peddling fish to his family’s home when he was a kid. “It wasn’t illegal back then,’’ said Falk, who with his wife, Tina, lives near Blackduck, Minn., not far from where he grew up. “The Indians have always been our friends, and off and on, we’ve bought a few fish from them....
Perplexed by a complicated and underachieving Lake Mille Lacs fishery, the Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that anglers can keep only two walleyes from the big lake when the state’s open water fishing season begins May 11. And Mille Lacs walleyes that end up in a live well or on a stringer must measure between 18 and 20 inches — though one trophy larger than 28 inches can be kept. The limit is half what it was a year ago, when anglers on Mille Lacs — arguably the state’s...