Anglers can harvest as many as three walleye when the season opens in May.

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 ...

Mille Lacs Lake walleye fishing will be catch-and-release during the spring and early summer of 2024, with the potential to harvest a walleye 21-23 inches in length or greater than 28 inches starting ...

State-licensed anglers share the harvest on Mille Lacs with Ojibwe Tribes that retain fishing rights by treaty.

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 ...

MILLE LACS, Minn. — The limit on Lake Mille Lacs will be two walleyes per angler for the 2025 fishing season, DNR officials announced Thursday. The walleyes must be 17 inches or greater, and only one ...

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MILLE LACS – For fishing, nothing beats a big pontoon boat bathed in floodlights and loaded with anglers, bobbing at night on the calm waters of Mille Lacs Lake. There's food. There's probably beer.

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