Fishing nets get trapped in ice, go missing on Mille Lacs

posted by Jason Barrett on May 9

« 75 Skills Every Men Should Be Able to Do
Greenpeace confiscates ‘wall of death’ fishing net in the … - WebWire (press release) »
Garrison, Minnesota (AP) A dozen gillnets set by Chippewa bands became trapped in ice floes and went missing this past week on Lake Mille Lacs, reviving the debate over tribal fishing on one of the state’s premiere walleye lakes. The 100-foot nets disappeared April 30 and May 1 near Garrison on the west side of the big lake, said Sue Erickson, spokeswoman for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, an intertribal agency that oversees treaty rights on behalf of its 11 member t
This entry was posted on Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am and is filed under Fishing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Leave a Reply