Breeding duck, Canada goose numbers improved from last year
“The survey is designed for mallards and our breeding mallard population remains above its long-term average.”
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Brad Parsons named state fisheries chief
He’s a 31-year fisheries veteran and current central region fisheries manager for the Minnesota DNR.
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‘No registration weekend’ for ATVs postponed until Sept. 7-9
Minnesota’s “no registration weekend” for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), which was scheduled for June 8-10, has been postponed until Sept. 7-9, according to the Minnesota DNR. The change will allow for the completion of new trails, including a 159-mile route that will connect several communities in northwestern Itasca County and a trail that will connect Balsam
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DNR invites public to serve on council to help boost hunter, angler numbers
Agency looks to zero in on hunter and angler recruitment, retention and reactivation.
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DNR continues efforts to gauge Mille Lacs walleye population
Based on the number of walleye that were originally tagged and the total number of tagged fish that turn up during the recapture, the DNR said it can make an accurate estimate of the lake’s walleye population.
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Whopper silver redhorse is a record
Avid angler Dustin Stone caught a new state-record silver redhorse in the certified weight category of the Minnesota DNR‘s record fish program. Stone caught the 10-pound, 6-ounce silver redhorse while fishing for lake sturgeon on the Rainy River in Koochiching County on April 28. He was fishing with 80-pound braided line tipped with a night
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Stillwater angler sets catch-and-release sturgeon record
The 73-inch lake sturgeon pulled from the Rainy River bests the previous record by 3 inches.
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Tagged bighead carp leads DNR to 2 others in St. Croix River
The carp were captured in Anderson Bay on the St. Croix River. One was a 46-inch, 39-pound mature male, and the second was a 43-inch, 46-pound mature female.
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The Lake Sarah experiment: Genetic research continues into southern Minnesota’s premier walleye fishery [video]
‘This could be the key to self-sustaining walleye fisheries throughout the southern part of the state.’
