Several Brainerd area lakes feature new sunfish daily limits
The new rule, in effect on nearly 100 inland waters in the state, aims to protect and improve sunfish sizes.
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Selective harvest is the key to sustaining big bluegills. Keep enough smaller sunfish for a meal, but release the bigger ones. Photo courtesy of Garett Svir
Sunfish anglers will need to closely check the 2021 Minnesota Fishing Regulations booklet and signs at water accesses for new sunfish limits that are now in effect on 94 waters.
The new regulations lower limits on specific waters as part of a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources initiative to protect and improve sunfish sizes. These changes are in response to angler-driven concerns over the declining sizes of sunfish in Minnesota.
Sunfish anglers will need to closely check the 2021 Minnesota Fishing Regulations booklet and signs at water accesses for new sunfish limits that are now in effect on 94 waters.
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A total of 94 Minnesota waters have new special regulations now in effect with lower daily sunfish limits that are in place to try to grow bigger sunfish in the selected lakes across the state. (File photo)
The Minnesota DNR asked for public input in 2020 on a Quality Sunfish Initiative aimed at trying to increase the number of large sunfish in many of the state’s waters that have been targeted as having the potential to produce those fish.
Special sunfish regulations moving forward
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Special regulations limiting the daily bag limit for sunfish are now in effect on five lakes in Kandiyohi County: Diamond, George, Nest, Florida, and Long Lake (by Hawick).
West Central Tribune file photo/Tom Cherveny
SAINT PAUL Expect to see 100 lakes with special regulations limiting the harvest of sunfish in the coming year.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced at the Jan. 22 Roundtable that it has chosen 100 lakes for the rulemaking process as part of its Quality Sunfish Initiative. It’s aimed at improving the size of sunfish. There will be lakes with five-fish limits and others with 10-fish limits. The current state