Also shifting pressure to Mille Lacs perch this winter was the lake’s deadbeat harvest of keeper walleyes, which started last summer. By last fall, anglers had harvested only about a third of ...

THAT'S QUITE DIFFERENT FROM A DECADE AGO WHEN THE LAKE WAS CLOSED TO WALLEYE FISHING MID SUMMER. WALLEYE MANAGEMENT ON MILLE LACS HAS LONG BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE. BACK IN 2014, WE SENT DAVID ...