Most waters have a 34-inch minimum length limit. Waters with high length limits are listed in the regulation pamphlet by lake under the county in which they are located. Bass populations, both largemouth and smallmouth, have benefited greatly in terms of both abundance and size from increasingly high length limits. Bass are easily exploited and quality-size fish were formerly removed as fast as they were produced. Most waters have a 14-inch minimum length limit but a number have special, more restrictive regulations.
Anglers can expect good fishing on inland waters as well.
This year the date is June 16. These anglers are finding some solitude and good fishing in an area increasingly full of other water users on the larger more populated lakes. Northern pike populations experienced good natural reproduction in the mid-1990s, as did walleye. Many lakes in our region have good numbers of this willing biter. Cold weather in late spring the last several years in the north have not been good for panfish reproduction.