Hello fellow anglers. Sorry, but I have been off fishing for a couple weeks. Which I will share in the reports this week. We are now in summer, and there are a few things we have to remember.
A year ago at this time the state s political kingpins attempted to cancel the fishing opener. Gov. Tim Walz might disagree with that characterization. But when you ask a half-million or more Minnesota winter survivors who, with the precision of surgeons, have loaded boats, spun line on reels, propped Mother s Day cards on kitchen tables and packed beverages to fish close to home, you re heaving a wrench into the works, or trying to.
The bugaboo of course was the virus, and it remains a mystery worthy of research that it didn t spread to areas surrounding the state s primary opening-day destinations, as the Department of Natural Resources feared it would. Possibly the odor of night crawlers, leeches and fatheads that attends walleye fishing ensures adherent immunity. In any event, most Minnesota anglers decided for themselves where they would fish last year on opening day, and survived to tell about it.