Who else is going to fight the crowds 
and fish Mille Lacs this year?
May 4, 2015 at 3:02 pm
#1540955
Mille Lacs Opener Roll-Call
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May 4, 2015 at 3:26 pm #1540969
I’ll be there!
-J.
May 4, 2015 at 3:32 pm #1540975Being we can fish Bass ( Catch and release ) on opening weekend this year. I may head up that way and fish some of those monster smallmouth. They should be in Prespawn mode and even may be a few on beds as well. I should not have to worry to much about crowds as the landings
May 4, 2015 at 4:01 pm #1540987I will be up
May 4, 2015 at 4:26 pm #1540997Yes, bass are open. Here are the regs:
Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: Bass season opens and closes with the walleye season. Combined possession limit is six, with only one Smallmouth Bass over 18″.
-J.
catch and release only for the first 2 weeks of the season*
May 4, 2015 at 4:43 pm #1540999<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jon Jordan wrote:</div>
Yes, bass are open. Here are the regs:Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: Bass season opens and closes with the walleye season. Combined possession limit is six, with only one Smallmouth Bass over 18″.
-J.
catch and release only for the first 2 weeks of the season*
For the Southern 2/3 of the state that is the case… Jon is correct that for Mille Lacs bass season is fully open starting Saturday
May 4, 2015 at 5:55 pm #1541019Game on. We will be there.
May 4, 2015 at 8:48 pm #1541059I will not.
DT
RobbinsdaleMay 4, 2015 at 8:59 pm #1541061Count me in!
That is if I don’t implode from excitement through the week. Pretty nice to set my schedule and its actually working out perfectly. Half days wed, Thurs, with Friday off.
Going to set my midnight alarm to Marvin gaye and when that sounds, oh I’m going to get my fishing on!
May 5, 2015 at 5:58 am #1541103I’ll be there, north end. Sure will be nice with less people.
Wallster ><((((>May 5, 2015 at 8:48 am #1541145I will be out there as well. If you see a Black/Orange/Silver ZV21 say hi! I will be up on the northeast side.
May 5, 2015 at 9:33 am #1541183I will be there. Fishing out of Red Dorr and a green Pro V.
Looking forward to getting on the water!
May 5, 2015 at 10:18 am #1541201Yup – counting the hours already!!
May 5, 2015 at 10:48 am #1541215I’ll be there, north end. Sure will be nice with less people.
Wallster ><((((>For fishing yes… But I sure feel bad hearing about the resorts that have open cabins up there for the first time in over 20 years.
May 5, 2015 at 11:00 am #1541223I will be up
Looking forward to stopping by the cabin for a few barley pops with you guys on Friday and defending our Big D title!
May 5, 2015 at 12:10 pm #1541269I will be there on the North end in a red Ranger 617!! Good Luck to all and be careful!
Cory
May 5, 2015 at 12:49 pm #1541279ill be heading up to the camper on thursday and ill check out the lake with the hummingbird on friday and head out of the red door fishing saturday somepoint in the am
May 5, 2015 at 2:22 pm #1541307<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>triplea wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jon Jordan wrote:</div>
Yes, bass are open. Here are the regs:Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: Bass season opens and closes with the walleye season. Combined possession limit is six, with only one Smallmouth Bass over 18″.
-J.
catch and release only for the first 2 weeks of the season*
For the Southern 2/3 of the state that is the case… Jon is correct that for Mille Lacs bass season is fully open starting Saturday
Jon and Will
The only part of the State that is Open for bass ( To be keep ) on the 9th is the NE corner of the State ( line from Duluth to I Falls along Hwy. 53 ) the remainder of the state ( including Mille Lac’s ) is catch and release only for the 1st 2 weeks. Truly opens on May 23rd. Unless I’m understanding the Regulations wrong.
May 5, 2015 at 2:24 pm #1541309SPECIES SEASON POSSESSION LIMIT
LARGEMOUTH
BASS
Northeast* May 9, 2015Feb
28, 2016 6 total combined largemouth bass
with smallmouth bass
Remainder
of state
May 9May
22 Catch and release only
May 23, 2015Feb
28, 2016 6 total combined largemouth with
smallmouth
SMALLMOUTH
BASS
Northeast* May 9, 2015 Feb
28, 2016 6 total combined largemouth with
smallmouth
Remainder
of state
May 9May
22 Catch and release only
May 23Sept
13 6 total combined largemouth with
smallmouth
Sep 14, 2015Feb
28, 2016 Catch and release only
*Northeast is defined as north and east of U.S. Hwy 53 from Duluth to International Falls and Pelican and
Ash lakes in St. Louis CountyMay 5, 2015 at 2:28 pm #1541315Wrong.. Will and Jon are right, you can KEEP them starting the 9th… taken from the New Regs section…
Mille Lacs’ relaxed smallmouth bass regulations remain in effect. The smallmouth bass season begins May 9 and allows anglers to harvest smallmouth bass from the walleye opener until the last Sunday in February 2016. Anglers may keep six smallmouth and largemouth bass in combination, but only one smallmouth bass may be longer than 18 inches.
May 5, 2015 at 2:30 pm #1541319Why they can be keep sooner way to the NE ( Where the fish are even less likely to have spawned yet ) than the can in the rest of the state ( slightly more likely to have spawned ) is strange to me. But this is the Minnesota DNR we are talking about. Lots of things strange to me.
May 5, 2015 at 3:41 pm #1541347I stand corrected. Mille Lacs has special regulations for Bass. The Rest of the state other than the upper SE corner of the state is catch and release only till the 23rd.
Big G. Your note says smallmouth Bass. The Note on the DNR website says Smallmouth and largemouth
May 5, 2015 at 4:21 pm #1541357The DNR is very contrasting on the smallie regs. On one hand they say the numbers are too high, so they changed the limit from 1 to 6. On the other hand, they admit they have no evidence that smallies eat YOY walleye. They take the walleye limit down to one and expect the resorts to promote the lake as a world class smallie destination. Then a launch goes out and loads up on smallies and you have Al Linder having a seizure on his facebook page. I just sit back and scratch my head…….
-J.
May 5, 2015 at 4:36 pm #1541359My note was taken right from the DNR Special Regs….. copy and pasted
May 5, 2015 at 5:18 pm #1541373I’ll be up Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! out of Fishers and looking forward to it!
May 5, 2015 at 6:36 pm #1541393Count Buzz in for Mille Lac’s on the opener. I’ll be going out of Agate Bay Resort. Don’t forget to spend a little dough in the Communities up there. I’m sure it will be appreciated.
May 5, 2015 at 6:41 pm #1541395The DNR is very contrasting on the smallie regs. On one hand they say the numbers are too high, so they changed the limit from 1 to 6. On the other hand, they admit they have no evidence that smallies eat YOY walleye. They take the walleye limit down to one and expect the resorts to promote the lake as a world class smallie destination. Then a launch goes out and loads up on smallies and you have Al Linder having a seizure on his facebook page. I just sit back and scratch my head…….
-J.
Over the last year I have asked this and no one really has an answer…. Why punish a trophy bass population when you F’ed up the eyes already. Knee jerk reaction I guess
May 5, 2015 at 7:44 pm #1541415That is the DNR’s attempt to coax more people to the lake for the business’ plain and simple. No sound management behind it….it’s the old “hey look over there” trick….
May 5, 2015 at 8:07 pm #1541425My note was taken right from the DNR Special Regs….. copy and pasted
That’s strange. Here is what I found in the Minnesota reg’s
Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: Bass season opens and closes with the walleye season. Combined possession limit is six, with only one Smallmouth Bass over 18″.
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