Jan 24, 2025 · During my tenure on the Committee repeatedly asked for lakes felt to be in peril, t and needed help, that request was never answered. Area Fisheries Managers are split on the proposal. The Minnesota DNR lost a respected Area Fisheries Manager due in part to this. A Minnesota Senator I have close contact with tells me the MN DNR department is a ...

Jan 25, 2025 · The DNR just hosted its annual Roundtable where leaders of Statewide sporting groups, outdoor media and others gather to hear about DNR high priority initiatives. It’s usually the opportunity for research biologists and resource managers to dig into the details and explain the hows, whys, and expectations for any new proposed statewide ...

Mar 26, 2024 · It is for these reasons we respectfully ask the Minnesota DNR to re-examine the fisheries data and methodology used by the DNR when making the 2024 harvest decisions for Mille Lacs and share the findings with a more comprehensive report for state anglers before the Minnesota fishing opener on May 11th, 2024. Sincerely, Dave Osborne, President

Jan 18, 2025 · Last fall the Minnesota DNR decides to move forward on a 4-walleye statewide limit. Personally, it would be fine proposing the 4-walleye s limit statewide for consideration if the DNR was 100% straight forward with the facts.

Jul 14, 2011 · Anglers fishing Minnesota waters without a fishing license are violating the law and face possible citations, state officials said Wednesday. It doesn’t matter that resident and nonresident anglers can’t buy licenses because of the state government shutdown.

Mar 10, 2025 · The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is implementing this adjustment to the daily and possession limit to help maintain a good perch population for the future. Yellow perch are a key species in the Mille Lacs Lake ecosystem and young yellow perch are a primary food source for predators (especially walleye).

Apr 23, 2020 · Dean Paron, DNR fisheries supervisor in Finland, said some lakes just “net better” than others. It’s also important to consider lake “class,” a system based on the research paper, “An Ecological Classification of Minnesota Lake with Associated Fish Communities,” produced by the DNR’s Dennis Schupp in 1992.

Apr 20, 2024 · After attempts by the DNR to get a response from the owners of the stands, I suspect the DNR wanted to get some attention. I’d say, mission accomplished. “For its part, the DNR tells the Duluth News-Tribune that the stands were tagged for removal in October and efforts to reach the owner of the deer stands were unsuccessful.”

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The Minnesota and Wisconsin DNRs are jointly reviewing fishing regulations on Pools 3-9 of the Mississippi River border waters from Hastings, MN / Prescott, WI downstream to the Iowa border. Bag and size limits on the border waters have been largely unchanged since the 1940s and 1950s. The Minnesota and Wisconsin DNRs are now seeking public input