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Mille Lacs Business Owners React to New Walleye Limits [AUDIO]

Lee Voss — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:01:01 +0000

Resort owners and guides are trying to stay positive about tighter limits on walleye in Lake Mille Lacs this summer.

Meeting on Mille Lacs Walleyes Draws Big Crowd

The Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:14:04 +0000

One of Minnesota's most popular fishing lakes is likely to see tight restrictions this summer to help its walleye population recover. Officials from the Department of Natural Resources presented options to a packed meeting Wednesday night of residents and business owners in the Mille Lacs Lake area.

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Walleye Numbers in Mille Lacs Lowest in 40 Years

The Associated Press — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:44:36 +0000

The walleye population in Mille Lacs Lake has fallen to its lowest levels in 40 years, while the lake's larger walleyes may be having trouble finding food. Officials aren't sure what's happening to Minnesota's most popular walleye fishery. But Department of Natural Resources fisheries research manager Don Pereira sats they're concerned.

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Mille Lacs Walleye Numbers Down From Last Year

Lee Voss — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:01:25 +0000

Hundreds, if not thousands of anglers will be heading to Minnesota's premiere walleye lake this weekend for the fishing opener. But, what kind of harvest numbers can they expect from Lake Mille Lacs?

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Early Spring to Have Little Impact on Fishing Opener

Lee Voss — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:01:52 +0000

As anglers ready themselves for this weekend's fishing opener, many are wondering what kind of impact the early spring had on the fish spawn.

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DNR Tightens Size Rules for Walleyes on Mille Lacs

The Associated Press — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:48:51 +0000

The Department of Natural Resources has tightened size limits for walleyes on Mille Lacs Lake for the coming season. Anglers can keep walleye less than 17 inches long, compared with 18 inches under last year's rules.

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Outdoor Tip Of The Weed: Nomadic Walleye and Big Water

Jerry Carlson — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:00:23 +0000

It has happened to me more times than I care to count. In fact, it is such a common occurrence during the late spring and summer months that I have grown to accept it and expect it. Just when I think I have the bite figured out, the fish up and move.

Big water walleye are roamers, plain and simple. They are nomadic in nature and will be on one piece of structure for a few hours and then be gone.

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Early Spring Brings Good Weather to Outdoors Enthusiasts

The Associated Press — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:15:47 +0000

The unusually early start to spring following a weirdly mild winter is good news for fans of the Great Outdoors across Minnesota.

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Mille Lacs Walleye Numbers Fall Below Expectations

The Associated Press — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:14:53 +0000

The walleye population in Lake Mille Lacs seems to be smaller than fisheries managers expected. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says recent netting assessments turned up fewer and smaller walleyes than last year.

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Fish Testing Finds 9 Minn. Walleye Lakes PFC-Free

Lee Voss — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:41:42 +0000

Fish from nine of Minnesota's 10 largest walleye indicate those lakes have very little or no contamination from perfluorochemicals, or PFCs.

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No Change In Mille Lacs Walleye Rules For 2011

Jim Maurice — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:42:40 +0000

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says walleye regulations on Lake Mille Lacs this year will remain unchanged from 2010. But the agency is relaxing regulations for northern pike caught on Mille Lacs.

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