Generally speaking, the perch of Mille Lacs are found primarily roaming the soft-bottom basins of Minnesota’s second-largest ...

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For the first time, the Department of Natural Resources is slapping a special fishing regulation on perch caught on Mille Lacs Lake, lowering the daily bag limit from 20 to five. The reduced limit, in ...

MILLE LACS, Minn — The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced a reminder Monday, that anglers can't keep walleyes from Lake Mille Lacs until mid-August. Officials released the 2024 fishing ...

ONAMIA — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites anyone interested in fisheries management of Mille Lacs Lake to an informational meeting in advance of the fishing opener. At the meeting ...

Walleye fishing on Mille Lacs Lake is set to begin on May 10, with regulations now approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. According to the Minnesota DNR, walleye will be able to be ...

MILLE LACS, Minn. — Beginning next Tuesday, anglers will have better odds of taking a walleye home from Mille Lacs lake. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says beginning Aug. 1 the ...

Mille Lacs Lake walleye fishing will be catch-and-release during the spring and early summer of 2024, with the opportunity to harvest a walleye starting Aug. 16. During the open water harvest ...

As state officials devise tighter walleye regulations for Lake Mille Lacs, anglers, resort operators, bait shops and other stakeholders have been left to wrestle with two paradoxes. As described last ...

MILLE LACS LAKE, Minn. -- A muskie caught on Mille Lacs Lake the day before Thanksgiving could have been a world record -- although it’ll never be official. Caught by Dominic Hoyos of Stillwater, Minn ...

The walleye limit for Upper Red Lake will decrease from the five allowed during open water season to four this winter while the Mille Lacs Lake walleye limit will remain at one. “Fall netting ...

As state officials devise tighter walleye regulations for Lake Mille Lacs, anglers, resort operators, bait shops and other stakeholders have been left to wrestle with two paradoxes. As described last ...