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Minnesota DNR creel clerk data helps determine whether special regulations are working

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In the current world of Minnesota fisheries lake management, special regulations for specific species can vary among the many different lakes and rivers.
Statewide regulations call for a six-walleye limit with only one over 20 inches. But on Upper Red Lake, for example, this summer’s regulation is five walleyes with only one over 17 inches. While knowing what regulations govern what species on what lake may sound confusing, unending hours of compiling and analyzing data is involved in the special regulations implementation process.

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North-central Minnesota’s Clearwater River a ‘hidden gem’ for rainbows and browns

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Gregg Eckman of Grand Forks knows how to read a trout stream, especially the Clearwater River which winds through the forests and fields about 15 miles northwest of Bemidji.
“The Clearwater River is kind of my home water,” he said. “I grew up about 10 miles north of it and I’ve been fishing it since 1976 or 1977. I caught trout back then and I usually can catch a few trout now.”

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Generations of stewardship: Minnesota DNR leadership evolves, core values don’t

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Ben Bergey and Merlyn Wesloh recently had the opportunity to talk about their DNR career experiences, and they discovered that – even 45 years apart – the similarities far outweighed the differences.
Among the things they have in common is an office in the Minnesota DNR Northwest Region building overlooking the north side of Lake Bemidji.

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The evolution of legendary Minnesota angler John Peterson

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Rivers and lakes are natural attractions for kids of all ages and are especially enticing to youngsters who enjoy toting a fishing rig and worm bucket.
John Peterson of Bemidji, Minn., was one of those kids.
“Like it did for many kids back in the day, my passion for fishing started in the early 1950s when I was 5 years old, when my mother would bring us to a dock on the Mississippi River not too far from our house on the east side of Bemidji,” Peterson recalled.

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Minnesota tribal member hunts to help his band’s elders

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Mike Kornezos believes that helping others is the right thing to do, and this fall the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa member is doing his best to make life easier for his fellow Native American elders.

“When I was a kid, my grandma used to tell us that we must make sure we always take care of the elders. When we hunted rabbits, ducks, deer, or other animals, we must always give some to the elders who can’t hunt themselves,” Kornezos said.

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Longtime Minnesota conservation officer details the ‘tricks’ of violators

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During his 18 years of protecting Beltrami County fish and wildlife in his position as a Minnesota DNR conservation officer in the Blackduck and Bemidji areas, Brice Vollbrecht has learned a great deal about people’s habits and “get-away-with-it” strategies.
Hunters stationed in duck blinds, Vollbrecht says, can be reluctant to tell a CO the truth, partly because there are many places to stash illegal birds and also because they might believe no one with law enforcement authority is anywhere close by.

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In northern Minnesota, Bemidji community puts seniors on fish

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The enthusiasm youngsters display when they’re introduced to the world of fishing can be infectious. Doing something as enjoyable as catching your first perch, sunfish, or pike can be a memorable experience, and in many cases that moment can create an angling itch that will need to be scratched for a lifetime.
However, that itch can still persist well past the age at which many senior citizens have the ability to scratch it.

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Wildlife weather northern Minnesota storm, but hunter trails likely affected

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When the power went out and the warning sirens blared early on the morning of June 21 in northwestern Minnesota, all who were paying attention to the oncoming storm were prepared to head to their basements or some other secure location.
Beltrami County sustained the bulk of the storm’s fury during its rampage through Minnesota. No one knows exactly how many trees were felled by the sustained Category 3 hurricane-velocity gales that tore through the Bemidji, but no one would be surprised if the count exceeded a million.

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A case for fishing the Minnesota River — where ‘you never know what you may hook into’

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Along its 332-mile journey beginning in Big Stone Lake at the Minnesota-South Dakota border, the Minnesota River bends and snakes its way through farms, forests, fields, and swamps until it meets the Mississippi River south of the Twin Cities near Fort Snelling.
About two-thirds of its way to the Mighty Mississippi, the Minnesota flows through the rural countryside and tangled bottomlands near Henderson, Blakeley, Belle Plaine, Jordan, and Chaska, and for more than 60 years, Dave Wagner has been walking its banks and dropping a line into its water.

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Minnesota DNR creel clerk data helps determine whether special regulations are working

North-central Minnesota’s Clearwater River a ‘hidden gem’ for rainbows and browns

Generations of stewardship: Minnesota DNR leadership evolves, core values don’t

The evolution of legendary Minnesota angler John Peterson

Minnesota tribal member hunts to help his band’s elders

Longtime Minnesota conservation officer details the ‘tricks’ of violators

In northern Minnesota, Bemidji community puts seniors on fish

Wildlife weather northern Minnesota storm, but hunter trails likely affected

A case for fishing the Minnesota River — where ‘you never know what you may hook into’

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