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OutdoorMN News - DNR seeks comments on experimental northern pike and bass regulations on Pelican Lake near Orr


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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be hosting open houses this fall to gather input on the future of northern pike and bass (smallmouth and largemouth) regulations on Pelican Lake near Orr, Minnesota.

The first open house will be on September 27 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. at the DNR Central Office, 500 Lafayette Rd, St. Paul, Minn.

The second open house will be held on October 17, 2017 from 7 – 9 p.m. at the American Legion Post 480 located at 4543 Highway 53, Orr, Minn.

The open houses are intended to provide background information, answer questions, and take public input on the future of experimental regulations on these waters.

Experimental regulations for northern pike and bass have been in place on Pelican Lake since 1998. The northern pike regulation requires the immediate release of all pike from 24 to 36 inches. One northern pike over 36 inches is allowed in a possession limit of three. The bass regulation protects fish from 14 to 20 inches, with one over 20 inches allowed in a possession limit. The current regulations expire on March 1, 2018. These regulations may be modified, extended or dropped.

Comments on these regulations can be mailed to Kevin Peterson, Area Fisheries Supervisor, DNR Area Fisheries, 392 Highway 11 East, International Falls, MN  56649, or sent by email to .  Comments will be accepted through October 31, 2017.

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 Interesting that they waited until all the summer folks are gone to have the open house... 

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    • smurfy
      🤣 not near as shiny and spendy as that livescope toy. Thats kinda like bling ain't it? besides i'm on a paultry union pension  🫣
    • Kettle
      I mean to catch pike you just need a shiny object...
    • leech~~
      Just another "Words matter"   Voting on school levy. This was posted on the School "education district" building door.  We had a nice cold walk all the way around the building! The arrow was added, after we educated them! 😒
    • Wanderer
      Nope!  But it’s more funner!
    • smurfy
      I don't need no livescope to catch fish....🤔🤪  It's all in how ya wiggle the worm!😜 Just sayin  🤣
    • Kettle
      Obviously this is more of a hot topic due to forward facing sonar. With that being said, I know people who have pulled crappies out of basins 40+ deep since the fl-8 and zercom flashers came out. That's over 30 years ago. I do think there's a push to ban these in MN and I could see them doing it here. They'll have to pay my livescope from my cold dead hands 😆 on days I can't catch a walleye jigging or rigging it's nice to turn it on and throw corks at individual fish
    • Kettle
      It wasn't just you, I was fishing west of you about an hour on Monday. Fished 8am-4pm, no fish, two keeper walleye and one small one from 4pm-630pm. Marked a lot of fish, they would come up to a jig and swim away. They were skittish to the dead stick too
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      I wonder like divers, if we let them decompress every 10' for 1/2hr. If that would help?  🤔  It would slow the bite down a bit!  🤭
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    • SkunkedAgain
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