On yet another opener, Upper Red Lake produces walleyes, and more walleyes

UPPER RED LAKE, MINN. – This lake has a fish-producing reputation to uphold on opening day, and it didn't disappoint Saturday, as thousands of anglers from Minnesota and beyond reaped its bountiful walleyes on a summer-like day that featured patchy blue skies and a high temperature that topped 75 degrees.

As has been the case in recent years, shortly after sunrise, anglers meeting at West Wind Resort formed a conga line of truck-trailer-and-boat rigs that snaked from Minnesota Hwy. 72 to the resort's launch site.

There, anglers slid their watercraft into the chilled lake to resume the state's most satisfying pastime - open-water fishing - which had been suspended since October by a too-long winter.

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