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Anglers who fish Upper Red Lake will be
able to keep four walleye during the fishing season that opens May
9.


      That's one more walleye than last season and two more than when
the northern Minnesota lake reopened to fishing in 2006.


      The harvest estimate for the season that ended Feb. 22 was
52,000 pounds of walleye. That's well below what the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources considers the safe level of 112,000
pounds.


      The requirement that all walleye from 17 to 26 inches be
immediately released remains in effect for the early season, when
catch rates are high. From June 15 through Dec. 1, the protected
slot will narrow to 20 to 26 inches.

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Anglers who fish Upper Red Lake will be
able to keep four walleye during the fishing season that opens May
9.


Walleye limit raised to 4 for Upper Red Lake

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