Input sought/Vermilion regs.

[Lee Borgersen]

Input sought on Lake Vermilion, Itasca County  regulations.

 Sep 4, 2016 at 12:00 a.m.

 
A meeting to discuss walleye regulations on Lake Vermilion will be held Oct. 25 in Tower by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries officials.

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“We’re looking at having a less-restrictive (walleye) regulation to allow more harvest because the fishery is in good shape,” said Edie Evarts, DNR area fisheries supervisor at Tower.
Another meeting will be held by the DNR on Sept. 28 near Squaw Lake to discuss regulations on Bowstring, Sand, Little Sand, Portage, Birds Eye, Round and Alice lakes.

Here are the meeting details:

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Review of existing walleye regulation on Lake Vermilion, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 25, Tower Civic Center, Tower.
Review of existing northern pike regulations on Bowstring, Sand, Little Sand, Portage, Birds Eye, Round and Alice lakes and connected waters, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 28, Sand Lake Community Center, County Road 4 near Squaw Lake. These lakes are now managed with a special regulation that allows a possession limit of nine northern pike and requires all pike from 22-36 inches to be immediately released.

“This regulation has been in place on these waters since 2007 and the data show general improvement in the northern pike size structures on these waters,” said David Weitzel, area fisheries supervisor. “The proposal is to keep the current regulations in place for the time being.”