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Open houses set for bag limit changes to George, Ripley and Minnie-Belle Lakes wctrib.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wctrib.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Minnesota DNR Quality Sunfish Initiative The Quality Sunfish Initiative targets certain lakes to reduce the bag limits. Ruiter says Minnesota anglers have said they re pleased overall with the number of sunfish they catch but they d like to see a higher number of large fish. Ruiter explained Sunfish grow about an inch per year. A 7 inch sunny is a nice fish and a 10 inch sunny is considered a trophy fish. To put this in perspective a trophy deer takes 3 years to grow that size. I checked the Minnesota fishing records which are listed on the MnDNR website and the largest Sunfish Bluegill recorded was 2 pounds 13 ounces on Alice Lake in Hubbard County in 1948. No measurements of length and girth were recorded. ....
Minnesota DNR invites comment on proposed sunfish regulations The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages to the public to weigh in on proposed special fishing regulations that would allow anglers to keep fewer sunfish from 50 lakes. The proposed regulations are part of the ongoing Quality Sunfish Initiative. “These new regulations would continue our response to angler concerns about the declining sizes of some of our state’s most prized and frequently caught fish,” said Dave Weitzel, Grand Rapids area fisheries supervisor. “We’re aiming to protect and improve sunfish sizes on select lakes with the biological potential to produce large sunfish.” ....
Limits were lowered to 5 or 10 sunnies daily to increase average size. 12:18 pm, Mar. 17, 2021 × New rules, in the works for more than a year, are now in effect on 94 Minnesota lakes reducing the bag limit for sunfish. (Photo courtesy Minnesota DNR) DULUTH Sunfish anglers will need to closely check the new 2021 Minnesota Fishing Regulations booklet as well as signs at boat landings for new sunfish (bluegill) limits that went into effect March 1 on 94 lakes. The new regulations lower limits on specific waters as part of a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources initiative to protect and improve the size of bluegills. ....