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

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The Minnesota fishing opener is this weekend and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to remind anglers fishing on Mille Lacs Lake, that walleye fishing will be catch-and-release during ...

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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 ...

LAKE MILLE LACS - Minnesota officials are poised to close Lake Mille Lacs to walleye fishing next month, they announced Tuesday. That’s never happened before. Caught off-guard by a hot early-July bite ...

ST. PAUL -- Walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs will close today, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. In an announcement on its website Sunday, the DNR said it is closing the season ...

MILLE LACS, Minn. — Another Minnesota angler will have his prize entered into the record books after a massive catch on Mille Lacs Lake. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said a 46 ...

State-licensed ice anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will be able to keep two walleye 18-20 inches long, or one walleye 18-20 inches long and one walleye longer than 28 inches, from Dec. 1 to Feb. 23, the ...

State-licensed ice anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will be able to keep two walleye 18-20 inches long, or one walleye 18-20 inches long and one walleye longer than 28 inches, from Sunday, Dec. 1, to Sunday ...