A sure sign of Summer!!

Walleye season opens May 10
Alexandria Echo Press
Published: 04/02/2008

To help anglers make their vacation and fishing plans, opening dates for the 2008-2009 Minnesota fishing season have been set, said Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria.

“Minnesotan is rich with a cultural history of hunting and fishing, to the point of having been granted constitutional protection,” Senator Ingebrigtsen said. “Our hunters and anglers are a driving force behind fish and wildlife management, habitat protection and resource conservation, but our numbers are dwindling. I encourage everyone to take advantage of these continuing opportunities to enjoy fishing and Minnesota’s great outdoors.”

The opening dates for the 2008-2009 fishing season for most inland waters in Minnesota are as follows:

• April 12: Trout in streams.

• May 10: Trout in lakes.

• May 10: Walleye, sauger, northern pike.

• May 24: Bass.

• June 7: Muskie.

The fishing season for crappies, sunnies, perch and catfish is continuous.

Anglers may obtain fishing licenses 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 1-888-665-4236 or visiting the Web site http://www.wildlifelicense.com/mn/.

Ingebrigtsen can be reached at (651) 297-8063, by mail at 132D State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155, or via e-mail at sen.bill.ingebrigtsen@senate.mn.