Loss of walleye gives rise to old animosities on Lake Mille Lacs

ISLE, Minn. – In the bait shops and bars, fishing docks and resorts that make up the world of Mille Lacs fishing, the collapse of the lake’s walleye fishery has inflamed age-old tensions between white sport anglers and local Indian bands who share the lake.

One resort owner said some “loose ­cannons” have suggested taking up arms, while a commentator on a popular fishing forum said “chuckleheads” would cut American Indian nets if Indians netted walleye during the open water fishing season.

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