fishing license fees

A proposal to raise hunting and fishing license fees has been put on hold in the Minnesota Senate. Republican author Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen tabled the bill after he attempted to add Senate language that includes the fee hikes to a House-passed bill without the increases.

As you go to buy your fishing license in anticipation of this weekend's opener, you may be wondering how your license fees are spent. The DNR's fisheries section has an operating budget of about $35-million a year.