[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Minnesota DNR to hold meeting addressing sunfish regulations[/title][fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Monday, July 27th 2015
The Minnesota DNR will hold two meetings to discuss proposed experimental fishing regulations for sunfish on six lakes in the Little Falls fisheries management area: Green-Prairie Fish and Sullivan lakes in Morrison County; Long (Higgins), Moose, and Maple lakes in Todd County; and Platte Lake in Crow Wing County. The meetings will be held at the following times and places: 7:00-9:00pm on September 8th, Club of the Pines, Hillman. 6:00-8:00pm on September 9th, Long Prairie City Hall. Larger sunfish have become increasingly rare in Central Minnesota. Reducing bag limits from the statewide 20 per day to 10 per day, on lakes that have shown potential for good growth and survival of sunfish, has increased the availability of larger sunfish. The six lakes proposed for the reduced bag limit in the Little Falls management area have shown potential for larger sunfish based on netting efforts since 1999. The regulations, if adopted, would be in effect from 2016-2026 with frequent assessments of sunfish populations during this period.
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