Minnesota DNR extends looser walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake for ice anglers ST. PAUL, Minn. — Anglers on central Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake will be able to fill their livewells with a bit ...

In a news release, the DNR said a property owner contacted the DNR after finding a zebra mussel attached to a native mussel in Union Lake. DNR staff found more than 15 zebra mussels near the ...

The DNR and Ojibwe treaty tribes set the annual harvest limit on Mille Lacs. This year's mark is set at 113,600 for state-licensed fishers and 88,000 pounds for Ojibwe treaty fishers.

Then they saw it, floating in the water: spawning brook trout. “It’s incredible,” said Cory Goldsworthy, the Lake Superior fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Zebra mussels found in Big Carnelian Lake, Minnesota DNR says Zebra mussels compete with native species, cut the feet of swimmers, reduce the performance of boat motors and damage water-intake pipes ...

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 of them can be ...

Salt Lake is located on the Minnesota/South Dakota border. “It’s very special,” Kurt Vascek with the Minnesota DNR said. “It’s the only salt lake in Minnesota.

Fisheries biologists and volunteers survey walleye size during a spawning run. The Minnesota DNR is reworking management plans for more than 100 lakes in 2024 and public input is invited in February.

The DNR will start doing more survey work this October to see if it can find more populations of lake-spawning trout. ©2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune.

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the nuisance mollusks were first detected in August 2023, when one adult zebra mussel was found by DNR staff working with native mussels.