The Minnesota DNR is proposing fishing regulation changes for northern pike in West Battle, Otter Tail, and Turtle River Chain of Lakes (Fergus Falls and Bemidji area lakes in Otter Tail and Beltrami counties).
Please share your thoughts on proposed special fishing regulations
We’re asking for your input on several special fishing regulation proposals for the following waters:
- Walleye in Big Sandy Lake (Aitkin County)
- Panfish in Dyers Lake (Cook County) and Sand Lake (Lake County)
- Brown trout in the Vermillion River (Dakota County)
- Lake trout in Caribou Lake (Itasca County)
- Walleye in Island and Round lakes (Itasca County)
- Northern pike in West Battle, Otter Tail, and Turtle River Chain of Lakes (Fergus Falls and Bemidji area lakes in Otter Tail and Beltrami counties).
Find out more details about these proposals and share your thoughts via our online survey. You can also check out the details for each of these regulation proposals, find other ways to submit your input, or attend an in-person open house scheduled about these proposals. If enacted, the proposed regulations would go into effect for the 2023 fishing season.
More details: Take a survey or find other ways to be involved or send input
Attend an open house about proposed special fishing regulations
The DNR also will be hosting in-person open houses in each county where special fishing regulations are proposed to change for 2023, and one in the Twin Cities metro area to cover all proposals.
The meetings will take place on various dates between Sept. 1 and Oct. 5. The metro area open house will be from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the DNR’s Central Office at 500 Lafayette Road in St. Paul.
More details: Attend an open house
Comments