More ‘keeper’ walleyes to be allowed on Mille Lacs

[HD]

More ‘keeper’ walleyes to be allowed on Mille Lacs
(Released July 22, 2011)

Minnesota’s state government shutdown will not affect upcoming hunting seasons or prevent a mid-season walleye regulation change at Lake Mille Lacs.

Ed Boggess, director of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife Division said “On the angling side, we moved quickly to implement a more liberal walleye length limit regulation on Lake Mille Lacs.” The upcoming regulation change is based on an evaluation of the 2011 walleye harvest through June 30 that deemed a change was warranted.

Effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, the walleye length limit regulation on Lake Mille Lacs will change to a 20- to 28-inch protected slot. Currently the walleye regulation is an 18- to 28-inch protected slot.

[snow]

Thanx for the update HD,its shame they could'nt raise it earlier in the season,that 2"s does'nt sound like much but its just enough to maybe get  a few more folks to headup and get a few keepers for the table,lord knows the mille laces community needs the business.

Better late than never I guess.

[Cody Gruchow]

i was just up there 2 weeks ago and thats all we caught were slot fish, a few 18.5's some 19's but alot of 23 to 27 inch fish. not one keeper. we caught over 30 fish. we were in 35 FOW