BP: Upper Red Lake should be a 'hot fishing' spot in 2019

UPPER RED LAKE—There is an abundance of walleyes from the 2011 year class in Upper Red Lake. The number is so high, in fact, that the future of the fishery would improve if some of them are removed.

"The walleyes from the 2011 class are now 18 to 20 inches and it is time to replace them with younger fish," said Tony Kennedy, Bemidji area large lake specialist for the Department of Natural Resources. "People go to Red Lake because of the high catch rates and in order to have high catch rates, you need younger fish. Harvesting fish between 17 and 20 inches is intended to reduce the surplus spawning stock, which has likely been suppressing recruitment of new young fish into the population."

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