Metro Area Fishing Report – November 29th, 2013
LAKE MINNETONKA AREA The small lakes, channels, and bays have a thin layer of ice on them, whether or not they allow for foot traffic by the weekend will depend on temperatures during the week.
LAKE MINNETONKA AREA The small lakes, channels, and bays have a thin layer of ice on them, whether or not they allow for foot traffic by the weekend will depend on temperatures during the week.

Most hunters and anglers are fine with a gift certificate to their local sporting goods store for their Holiday gift. But that’s not very personal, now is it?!

If you have a budding artist in the family between the ages of 2-12, you’ll want to make sure they bring their entry in to the Ice Castle Fish Houses coloring contest.
LAKE MILLE LACS Skim ice covered portions of some bays early this week and the main lake was open. A few diehard muskie anglers continued to fish the shallow rock reefs with success. Poor weather
ALEXANDRIA AREA A few fishermen fished walleyes in 26 to 50 feet on Lake Miltona and Lake Ida on Monday. Skim ice has taken hold on portions of small lakes, so look for them to
LAKE MINNETONKA AREA You could have still got a boat in most lakes early this week. But some accesses and bays did have ice on them a week ago only to reopen so it won’t

Don Pereira has seen some of the state’s more controversial issues – and some big changes – from the inside during his career as a DNR fisheries researcher focused on the state’s large lakes

If not for recent winds … there’s a good chance some fortunate Minnesotans could be ice fishing next week. If it gets as cold as expected, for as long as expected, some still might be

Chris Vinton, the conservation officer who patrols the Detroit Lakes area, wants to know who killed two trumpeter swans this past Sunday.
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