Metro Area Fishing Report – January 1st, 2016
NORTHEAST METRO You’ll find 3 to 4 inches of ice on small, shallow lakes, but open water on big lakes. Some anglers have been walking out on areas that froze earliest, but with snow early
NORTHEAST METRO You’ll find 3 to 4 inches of ice on small, shallow lakes, but open water on big lakes. Some anglers have been walking out on areas that froze earliest, but with snow early

Make sure you know the rules before removing antlers from a deer


With just fewer than two weeks remaining in the 2015 deer-hunting season, hunters had killed nearly 20,000 more deer than they did in 2014, according to the Minnesota DNR.
Banquets/Fundraisers Jan. 16, 2016: Carver County PF Banquet, 5 p.m., Hamburg Community Hall, Hamburg. For more info call Randy Wendland, 612-518-4759. Jan. 23, 2016: Green Isle Conservation Partners of America Banquet, 4:30 p.m. Hamburg Community
District 1 – Baudette area CO Eric Benjamin (Warroad) continued working anglers. Snowmobiling activity is expected to start picking up; trails are starting to get groomed. CO Hannah Mishler (Warroad) spent the week following up
LAKE MILLE LACS East – You’ll find 3 to 4 inches of ice in the bays, but the ice hasn’t gotten much thicker in recent days and there’s still open water on the main lake.
NORTHEAST METRO Skim ice and open water is all you’ll find in this area. It just hasn’t been cold enough for walkable ice to form and the only fishing worth noting is taking place from
ALEXANDRIA AREA Although the big lakes such as Miltona, Ida, and Carlos still have some open water, anglers are finding 3 to 4 inches of ice on most small lakes and bays. Walleyes and perch
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