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District 1 – Baudette area CO Kyle Quittschreiber (Blackduck) reports attending waterfowl school at Whitewater State Park. CO Quittschreiber also assisted the sheriff’s office with a medical call in which a 7-year-old male had stuck himself with an EpiPen (medical injecting device). The officer was the first on the scene and was able to safely […]

LAKE MILLE LACS         You’ find open water along the shorelines and in some boat harbors, but ice remains quite evident on the main lake. The most open water can be found in front of any current flows and some small pockets of open water can be seen on the main lake. Johnson’s

NORTHEAST METRO Although some anglers are looking for crappies in many of those traditional spring spots, they’ve been tough to find. Until the shallow water begins to warm, look for suspended fish over their winter spots or just outside the bays and harbors on area lakes. That’s where they should be staging before moving shallower.

ALEXANDRIA AREA The ice is now off the small lakes and bays, but some floating ice remained on the main portions of the area’s bigger lakes early in the week. The small, shallow bays and lagoons will be the first to produce good numbers of crappies and look to those spots that experienced ice-out first.