The hunt for record-fish piques anglers’ interest in Minnesota after changes

Steve Renneberg, owner of Arrowhead Outdoors in Ely, Minn., thinks the recent influx of record-contesting catches of big fish in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness during the past few months is a simple snapshot in time.
“We’ve always seen a lot of big ones up here,” Renneberg said. “I think it’s just kind of the popularity of the catch-and-release record that’s going on right now.”

This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here. If you are not and would like to read this and all the other great content OutdoorNews.com has to offer, click here.