Getting ready for fishing during the pandemic for a second year in a row. | Photo: WDIO FILE WDIO Created: May 13, 2021 09:53 AM
Fishing opener is just a couple of days away now. And folks in the Itasca County area are really getting excited.
They are seeing big bookings for resorts and fishing trips. Tom Neustrom, from Minnesota Fishing Connections, said the customers he s checked in with so far this year have had their shots. Is it necessary for them to have them? No, but we will encourage them to. We will still take precautions, to make sure we re protecting not only ourselves but also our customers, too, he said.
Northland fishing guides offer opening-day advice
Some of the area s best guides weigh in on where and how to fish on Minnesota s May 15 walleye opener. 5:00 am, May 8, 2021 ×
Justin Wiese, of Wheezy Outdoors Guide Service based in Remer, with a big walleye caught on the Rainy River. He and his wife, AliceKae, are among our group of guides offering opening day advice for anglers. (Contributed photo)
Advice is cheap, and in this case it s free. But if you are a Minnesota walleye angler, this may be the best free advice you’ve ever received.
The News Tribune asked 10 northern Minnesota fishing guides to offer a tip or two for anglers heading out on the May 15 Minnesota fishing opener.
Commentary: Why four-walleye limit is good for Minnesota anglers
May 6, 2021
By Nate Blasing
Outdoor News, in which he paints a proposal to limit Minnesota anglers to four walleyes per day – with one over 20 inches – as a sneak attack ignores its generous coverage in this newspaper four of the past five weeks, and at various public forums for at least six years.
According to Grand Rapids area fishing guide Tom Neustrom, in 2015, the 16 members of the state’s Walleye Advisory Committee nearly unanimously supported the idea and recommended moving the proposal forward. More recently, Walleye Alliance, Inc. staff and engaged citizens have presented this topic at DNR roundtables and numerous public meetings, in radio interviews on multiple stations, and at several fishing seminars across the state.
Outdoornews
April 24, 2021
Lots of fishing opener outlook chatter on this week’s edition of Outdoor News Radio. The middle part of this week’s broadcasts contains interviews with Tom Neustrom from the Grand Rapids area and Fred Parnow from Lake of the Woods, both of whom provide insight into fishing their regions and what they expect from the bite come May 15. On either side, host Rob Drieslein spends time with the Tims – Spielman and Lesmeister – to talk CWD, turkey hunting 2021, and a black bear conundrum near Ely.