Minnesota Outdoor News Fishing Report for May 17, 2019
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – It’s been a solid start to the walleye season with good reports coming from most parts of the lake and with a variety of live bait options or
Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – It’s been a solid start to the walleye season with good reports coming from most parts of the lake and with a variety of live bait options or

The author learns that targeting ice-out lake trout sometimes requires navigating through North Country icebergs, but fresh lake trout fillets make it all worthwhile.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Otter Tail County will host the 2020 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener. The opener will be held May 7-10. Thumper Pond Resort will serve as event headquarters. Explore Minnesota, the state’s tourism

Following a 15-year career with the Minnesota DNR Enforcement Division’s Aviation Unit, Capt. Tom Buker – the division’s chief pilot since 2015 – is flying off into retirement. Like any retiree, he’s got the list

DULUTH, Minn. — Authorities in Minnesota say skeletal remains found in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are human. The remains were found in late April at a campsite belonging to a New Mexico man

In recent decades, Mille Lacs’ water clarity has increased, most likely due to septic system improvements around the lake and the invasion of zebra mussels, which are filter feeders that strain out microscopic algae.
Banquets/Fundraisers May 17: Winona County DU Banquet, Eagles Club in EGF. For more info call Wayne Valentine, 507-454-2762. May 18: Southern MN DU Banquet, Legends II in Ceyton. For more info call Doug Hartke, 507-236-1700.
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) monitored trapping, sturgeon angling, turkey hunting, and ATVing activity. A hunter turned over an accidental turkey overlimit. Two birds were killed with one shot. CO Eric

Though new harvest regulations are helping, special tournament on Bay Lake accelerates solutions in targeting small northern pike.
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