Upper Red Lake Keeps a Four-Walleye Winter Limit

The winter walleye limit on Upper Red Lake will be four fish in possession, with only one longer than 17 inches, for the fourth winter in a row, the Minnesota DNR said November 9; the open-water season allowed five. "Our fall assessment indicated that the walleye population continues to be in excellent shape. We are dropping the bag limit to four because winter angling on Red Lake is so popular," said Shannon Fisher, the DNR's fisheries section manager. The fall gill-net catch on state waters averaged 35.2 walleye per net, more than half between 13 and 16 inches.