Archive for July 20th, 2010

Public Input For Leech Lake Management Plan

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Assorted Outdoors | No Comments »

Citizens interested in the Leech Lake fishery have until Friday, July 30, to provide input to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff on the department’s proposed five-year fish population objectives and fisheries management actions. The public can review the Leech Lake Advisory Committee’s final report and provide proposal feedback online. Paper questionnaires also are available in Walker at the DNR’s Walker Area Fisheries Office, 07316 State Highway 371 NW, and the Walker Public Library, 207 Fourth St. For more information on the draft management plan and the public input process, contact the DNR’s Walker Area Fisheries office at 218-547-1683. Read more..

Projects Restricting Some Hunting And Fishing

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News, Hunting News | No Comments »

Public access to a jetty used for fishing at the mouth of the Columbia River and a hunting area below Mount St. Helens will be closed through September during sediment-management projects now under way by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At the mouth of the Columbia River, the North Jetty and Benson Beach have been closed to public access since July 17, when work began on a project to reinforce beaches ravaged by winter storms. Meanwhile, more than a thousand acres of land above the Corps’ Sediment Retention Structure on the North Fork Toutle River have been closed to public access for a project designed to trap sediment on the mountain before it gets carried down the river. Read more..

Large Early Run Bodes Well For Summer Steelhead Fishing

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News | No Comments »

Steelhead fishing is open, catch-and-release only for now, or opens soon in the waters listed below: Catch-and-release opened in the Clearwater River July 1, and fish are being caught. * Clearwater River, main stem from its mouth upstream to the Memorial Bridge of U.S. Highway 12 at Lewiston. The harvest season opens August 1. In the rest of the Clearwater drainage the harvest season opens October 15. * Clearwater River, main stem and Middle Fork Clearwater River: from the Memorial Bridge of U.S. Highway 12 at Lewiston upstream to Clear Creek. Read more..

Sandhill Crane Season And Waterfowl Hunting Season Dates

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Migratory Bird Hunting | No Comments »

Minnesota’s waterfowl hunting season will open at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today. The early goose season will open Sept. 4. So will a first-ever sandhill crane season. Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day will be Sept. 18. “Though waterfowl bag limit and season length decisions will not be made until following the Mississippi Flyway Council and federal regulation meetings later in July, we’re getting the word out about the opening dates now so hunters can plan ahead,” said Dennis Simon, DNR Wildlife Section chief. Read more..

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