The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-12-07
Fish House
Spearing OPP
en- On Sank
SportSmen Cannot Angle for
Fish With Hook and
Line
SPEARING IS ALLOWED
Season Opened Friday, Dec.
1-Several Other Lakes
Are Closed

The season for spearing in fish
houses opened last Friday and will
continue until March 1, 1884, &C
cording to Game Warden Fred
Mossman. The winter angling
season also opened the same day
but continues only to February 1,
1884. Sank Lake is closed to winter
angling.
In the list of lakes open to fish
house spearing Big Sank Lake is
given as open in both Stearns and
Todd counties. Other lakes open
to fish house spearing in Stearns
county are: Boiling, East, Horse
shoe, Long, Pearl, Pelican, North
half Rice, Sand, the three Spunk
Lakes and Two River Lake.
The south half of Lake Koronis
is closed to all manner of winter
fishing and Grand Lake is open
only to winter angling. Several Of
the lakes in this community are not
listed at all, and these are open to
both winter spearing and angling.
The north half of big Birch Lake
is only open to winter angling. The
lakes Beautiful, Linneman, and
Pleasant in Stearns county are clos
ed to all manner of fishing.
The fish which may be taken by
spearing are: Pickerel, white fish,
tullibees, suckers, redhorse, bull
heads, carp and ellpout. Crappies,
pike and the above mentioned fish
may be taken only by angling.
ISpearing of crappies, pike and bass
is prohibited, and bass cannot be
taken by angling.
Warden Mossman also informed
The Herald that a new law rela-
tive to the removal of fish houses
was passed this year. ALI houses
must be removed from the lake
within five days after the season
closes, or the game warden will,
according to law, be forced to
burn the house. All game wardens
have received orders to strictly
enforce this law.
The following is from a bulletin
sent out by the State Game and
Fish Department:
District chief game wardens in
the state early last fall were in
structed by DR.. Thaddeus Surber,
superintendent of fish propagation
for the Division of Game and Fish,
to make a thorough survey of all
lakes in each district with regard
to winter fishing. Following the
completion of this survey the dis
trict chief game wardens recon-
mended action pertaining to GER
tain lakes where winter fishing ac-
tivities must necessarily be cur
tailed. AS a result of these recon-
mendations specified lakes were
closed to all manner of winter fish,
ing, others were limited to angling
only while some were open only 20
the use Of fish houses and spearing.
With few exceptions this pro-
cedure was followed. In a few
lakes where spawning conditions
were such that winter fishing
would prove ruinous action was
taken by the division to preserve
summer fishing by limiting fishing
activities during the winter months.
I'VE realize the dire economic
need of providing as far as possible.
fish for food purposes during the
severe winter season." DR.. Surber
stated. For that reason we have.
been as lenient as possible in the
matter of closing or curtailing
winter fishing activities. We cam
not, however, throw all of our
lakes open to winter fishing if there
is any danger of destroying the
fish resources of our State"