HEADS UP!! IMPORTANT News from the MN DNR:
Please read below from Jim Doyle, President of Chapter 1, Twin Cities.

Jim Doyle and others(especially Jim) have been working very hard over the last several years trying to come up with a solution to the overall decline of muskie populations in our state. The MNDNR are asking for input on the subject and there is a 6 week deadline. We would like to get the message out to as many anglers, in state and out of state, as possible. Please read his email below and let us know the best way we can get the message out to anglers so that they may provide input. We feel this is extremely important as it will greatly impact the future of our fishery in Minnesota.

Thanks!

John Sadusky
Muskies, Inc
Senior Regional Representative
Region 1

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From: Jim Doyle
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Subject: Fw: MNDNR muskie webpage and survey for next muskie long rage plan

Below is a notification from the Minnesota DNR for a public input survey focused on the Muskie fishery. The MN DNR is currently 4 years behind on issuing a new long range Muskie management plan for the state. They are at last starting to go through the motions before they publish the plan. They are required to call for public input as part of the work. The Twin Cities chapter, the chapters across the state and other groups have spent a ton of funds and energy supporting the fishery in every possible way. We have also provided input on public opinion across the state and well beyond from across the Muskie world about the broad decline in the stocked/managed Muskie waters with little to no change in course on the fishery. We have tried to clearly communicate the fact that anglers no longer consider Minnesota a Muskie destination. TV/ YouTube shows don't film much at all here any longer, more often they are on Leech than any stocked water if at all. Steve Heitig of Muskie Hunter said he just drives on through now to Canada after years of fishing here in the past. Mike Keys actually casually commented in a recent show that they used to come here all the time but has not been here in a long time, and of course they fished Leech not Vermilion/ Mille Lacs/ Minnetonka etc.
Just wanted to inform you that the new muskie webpage and the scoping survey are all LIVE. Our DNR media release will come out later this afternoon.
• New muskie webpage with scoping survey at the bottom: www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/muskellunge/index.html
• Survey can be found at the main FAW EHQ page: engage.dnr.state.mn.us/fisheries-public-input-wildlife-public-input
Please share this info! The survey will be open for 6 weeks and the input will help guide the ‘future management’ section of the new long-range plan. ... See MoreSee Less