2015 Flathead Season Including Border Waters

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #1470819

    D.Channel and flathead catfish.

    10 in aggregate (MN/WI Border waters-The Inland waters differ.)
    Channel catfish. Continuous.
    Flathead catfish April 1 to November 30
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    The flathead Season is April 1st to November 30th State wide including the MN border waters.

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    #1471077

    Nice!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #1471097

    A while back I did a search on Ido. The cat fishing community as far back as 2001 were calling for a close winter season for flats.

    This law won’t affect the cat fishermen as Dirk said many years ago. “Anyone that calls themselves a flathead fisherman doesn’t fish for them in the winter.”

    It’s for the uniformed and the poachers.

    Kudos to Jack Lauer, the MN Cat fishing Workshop Group and the MN DNR for making this happen!

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    #1471209

    BK – I agree with the closed season on flats, as well as the new sturgeon regs, but am a bit confused. Is this the proposed wording for new regs in 2015? If so, when would the rules go into effect?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #1471225

    Last I saw and I doubt it’s changed the date was March 15th.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    #1471261

    Congratulations Brian! November 30 seems a little later than you were hoping for. Either way, nicely done!

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