Episode 603 – Warm-water fishing, DNR’s Nate Huck on 3-duck bag limit proposal, Fish kills in 2026

Nate Huck from the Minnesota DNR joins the show this week to outline the three-bird, any-duck bag limit alternative the agency is pitching to state waterfowlers. Tim Lesmeister and host Rob Drieslein talk warm-water fishing plus new chronic wasting disease surveillance from the Minnesota DNR this fall. They also discuss a new public comment period (through August 7) from the Trump administration on drain-tile rules near public wetlands, and the administration’s rule changes for the Endangered Species Act. Minnesota DNR Fish Health Supervisor Isaiah Tolo also joins the program this week to discuss the ample number of “fish mortality events” across the region this hot summer.