Mille Lacs angler survey

To keep track of walleye and all fish species caught, DNR relies on its creel, or angler survey, to monitor fishing on Mille Lacs Lake.

Monitoring by clerks stationed around the lake begins Dec. 1 and continues throughout the winter and summer fishing seasons.

Even when walleye angling is catch-and-release, some walleye die after being caught and released, a condition called hooking mortality. Based on angler reports to creel clerks, the poundage of walleye and northern pike that die from hooking mortality is calculated and applied against the state's harvest allocation.

Read more about the Mille Lacs creel survey, how it got started and the data that is collected and compiled to help manage the fishery.

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2024 walleye
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill 3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 09-Jan. 09	6	27	1	2	7	29	641	1,070	2	2
Jan. 10-Feb. 02	2,255	7,836	71	155	2,326	7,991	38,170	84,513	2	2
Feb. 03-25	1,016	3,509	21	35	1,037	3,544	11,093	20,111	2	2
Feb. 26-March 26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
May 11-31	0	0	752	2,085	752	2,085	37,567	104,827	2	2
June 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
June 16-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
July 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
July 16-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Aug. 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Aug. 16-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Sept. 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Sept. 16-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Oct. 1-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Winter Tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
All ice fishing	3,277	11,372	845	2,277	4,122	13,649	87,471	210,521	2	2
Open water survey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Other open water	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Year-to-date totals	3,277	11,372	93	192	3,370	11,564	49,904	105,694	24,328 2	53671.3 2
Allowed take						91,550				65,950
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Total through May 8, 2024. Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2024 pike
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 09-Jan. 09	94	393	0	0	94	393	457	2,574	2	2
Jan. 10-Feb. 02	204	884	0	0	204	884	703	4,773	2	2
Feb, 03-25	374	1,153	0	0	374	1,153	663	3,315	2	2
Feb. 26-March 26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
May 11-31	0	0	216	768	216	768	3,930	13,956	2	2
June 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
June 16-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
July 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
July 16-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Aug. 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Aug. 16-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Sept. 1-15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Sept. 16-30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Oct. 1-31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Winter Tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
All ice fishing	672	2,430	0	0	298	1,277	1,823	10,662	2	2
Open water survey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Other open water	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Year-to-date totals	672	2,430	0	0	298	1,277	5,753	24,618	1,563 2	7,730.5 2
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Total through May 8, 2024. Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left for complete information

2024 perch
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 09-Jan. 09	521	268	12,505	1,109	1	1
Jan. 10-Feb. 02	1,664	786	10,593	2,261	1	1
Feb. 03-25	1,650	664	7,821	733	1	1
Feb. 26-March 26	-	-	-	-	1	1
May 11-31	0	0	118	10	1	1
June 1-15	-	-	-	-	1	1
June 16-30	-	-	-	-	1	1
July 1-15	-	-	-	-	1	1
July 16-31	-	-	-	-	1	1
Aug. 1-15	-	-	-	-	1	1
Aug. 16-31	-	-	-	-	1	1
Sept. 1-15	-	-	-	-	1	1
Sept. 16-30	-	-	-	-	1	1
Oct. 1-31	-	-	-	-	1	1
Winter tournaments	-	-	-	-	1	1
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	1	1
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	1	1
All ice fishing	3,835	1,718	30,919	4,103	1	1
Open water survey	-	-	-	-	1	1
Other open water	-	-	-	-	1	1
Year-to-date totals	3,835	1,718	31,037	4,113	1,619 1	1,231 1
Allowed take		36,500				36,500
1 Total through May 8, 2024. Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Last update: Monday, June 17, 2024 @ 03:47 pm CDT

2023

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2023 walleye
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill 3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 20-Jan. 22	613	2,263	25	31	638	2,294	13,657	16,960	2	2
Jan. 23-Feb. 26	457	1,716	28	24	485	1,740	15,283	13,264	2	2
March 4-28	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	126	2	2
May Opener-31	2,441	9,234	340	868	2,781	10,102	24,562	63,579	2	2
June 1-15	1,334	5,041	2,091	5,028	3,425	10,069	26,789	65,376	2	2
June 16-30	1,818	6,654	3,600	7,074	5,418	13,728	36,997	73,640	2	2
July 1-15	1,087	4,072	1,868	3,390	2,955	7,462	17,924	32,768	2	2
July 16-31	368	1,337	737	1,231	1,105	2,568	6,632	11,331	2	2
Aug. 1-15	1,506	4,788	1,912	2,608	3,418	7,396	14,465	20,429	2	2
Aug. 16-31	771	2,576	696	1,116	1,467	3.692	7,820	12,583	2	2
Sept. 1-15	200	644	374	615	574	1259	4,647	7,747	2	2
Sept. 16-30	106	315	107	226	213	541	2,324	4,949	2	2
Oct. 1-31	273	920	41	125	314	1,045	2,254	7,039	2	2
Winter Tournaments	15	62	2	1	17	64	681	649	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	267	566	267	566	3,820	8,660	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	10,989	39,622	12,093	22,903	23,082	62,525	177,874	339,099	27,501	59,097.6
Allowed take						100,300				74,700
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2023 pike
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 20-Jan. 22	245	1,205	0	0	245	1,205	184	436	2	2
Jan. 23-Feb. 26	0	0	0	0	0	0	199	501	2	2
March 4-28	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	164	2	2
May Opener-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,184	4,958	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	80	291	80	291	1,450	5,287	2	2
June 16-30	400	1,408	197	1,015	597	2,503	3,580	18,446	2	2
July 1-15	112	455	29	128	141	583	525	2,329	2	2
July 16-31	94	229	28	239	122	468	502	4,345	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	10	35	10	35	176	630	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	31	191	31	191	559	3,475	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	13	59	13	59	234	1,074	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	9	63	9	63	158	1,138	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	4	18	4	18	68	321	2	2
Winter Tournaments	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	852	3,379	399	2,037	1,251	5,416	8,843	43,104	1,368	5,730.3
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left for complete information

2023 perch
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 20-Jan. 22	2,106	885	13,277	1,433	1	1
Jan. 23-Feb. 26	4,012	2,355	19,958	3,321	1	1
March 4-28	831	434	47	3	1	1
May Opener-31	0	0	222	42	1	1
June 1-15	372	171	1,178	344	1	1
June 16-30	668	495	3,080	1,141	1	1
July 1-15	450	237	4,800	2,530	1	1
July 16-31	268	107	1,742	667	1	1
Aug. 1-15	1,368	674	3,782	838	1	1
Aug. 16-31	425	241	1,727	797	1	1
Sept. 1-15	400	302	534	149	1	1
Sept. 16-30	0	0	634	155	1	1
Oct. 1-31	0	0	0	0	1	1
Winter tournaments	44	36	305	95	1	1
Summer tournaments	0	0	0	0	1	1
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	1	1
Year-to-date totals	10,944	5,937	51,286	11,515	1,325	1,017.9
Allowed take		73,000				73,000
1 Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

2022

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2022 walleye
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill 3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 24-Jan. 26	1,353	4,624	47	68	1,400	4,692	25,608	36,890	2	2
Jan. 25-Feb. 27	615	2,047	27	32	642	2,079	14,840	17,278	2	2
Feb. 28-March 21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
May Opener-31	1,147	4,143	288	657	1,435	4,800	22,746	52,319	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	490	980	490	980	15,806	35,927	2	2
June 16-30	0	0	318	650	318	650	4,927	11,339	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	48	108	48	108	532	1,347	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	242	372	242	372	2,153	3,687	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	185	321	85	321	1,752	3,053	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	112	218	112	218	1,108	2,163	2	2
Sept. 1-15	183	555	101	73	284	628	1,250	903	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	44	67	44	67	1,027	1,570	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	4	6	4	6	526	728	2	2
Winter Tournaments	5	16	1	1	6	17	435	543	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	178	370	178	370	3,582	7,287	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	3,303	11,385	2,085	4,173	5,388	15,558	96,292	175,034	-	48,875
Allowed take						80,300				54,700
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2022 pike
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 24-Jan. 26	105	1,016	0	0	105	1,016	255	1,708	2	2
Jan. 25-Feb. 27	0	0	0	0	0	0	117	1,074	2	2
Feb. 28-March 21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
May Opener-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	286	2,618	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	25	107	25	107	456	1,950	2	2
June 16-30	284	1,277	21	120	305	1,397	381	2,174	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	27	192	27	192	488	3,496	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	16	78	16	78	289	1,416	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	18	77	18	77	324	1,391	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	122	1,366	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	7	75	7	75	122	1,366	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	25	178	25	178	457	3,245	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	4	15	4	15	75	277	2	2
Winter Tournaments	3	7	0	0	3	7	0	0	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	392	2,300	143	842	427	2,119	3,220	20,715	-	3,435
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left for complete information

2022 perch
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 24-Jan. 26	721	412	11,479	1,144	1	1
Jan. 25-Feb. 27	2,273	664	27,055	2,217	1	1
Feb. 28-March 21	0	0	55	1	1	1
May Opener-31	96	79	95	16	1	1
June 1-15	0	0	140	57	1	1
June 16-30	0	0	480	76	1	1
July 1-15	0	0	399	250	1	1
July 16-31	0	0	1,077	198	1	1
Aug. 1-15	0	0	754	111	1	1
Aug. 16-31	0	0	715	133	1	1
Sept. 1-15	0	0	701	191	1	1
Sept. 16-30	0	0	0	0	1	1
Oct. 1-31	-	-	-	-	1	1
Winter tournaments	-	-	-	-	1	1
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	1	1
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	1	1
Year-to-date totals	3,090	1,155	42,950	4,394	-	486
Allowed take		135,000				135,000
1 Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

2021

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2021 creel
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill 3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 26-Jan. 26	2,735	8,491	79	155	2,814	8.646	42,508	76,415	2	2
Jan. 27-Feb. 28	2,250	7.060	69	155	2,319	7,215	37,355	76,700	2	2
March 1-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	143	2	2
May Opener-31	4,230	12,969	3,078	6,122	7,308	19,091	117,749	232,915	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	2,525	5,419	2,525	5,419	34,208	72,908	2	2
June 16-30	0	0	3,716	8,027	3,716	8,027	41,741	89,586	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	46	83	46	83	354	635	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	1,329	2,481	1,329	2,481	8,936	16,616	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	393	648	393	648	3,185	5,209	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	283	486	283	486	2,565	4,569	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	17	25	17	25	258	372	2	2
Sept. 16-30	134	419	117	184	251	603	2,631	4,127	2	2
Oct. 1-31	156	466	165	298	321	764	5,934	10,734	2	2
Winter Tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Year-to-date totals	9,505	29,405	11,817	24,083	21,320	53,485	292,424	590,887	27,129	51,355.6
Allowed take						87,800				62,200
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2021 creel
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 26-Jan. 26	112	364	0	0	112	364	246	1,324	2	2
Jan. 27-Feb. 28	0	0	0	0	0	0	202	913	2	2
March 1-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
May Opener-31	204	635	70	294	274	929	1,268	5,364	2	2
June 1-15	34	131	60	235	94	366	1,088	4,266	2	2
June 16-30	33	120	11	30	44	150	196	538	2	2
July 1-15	71	283	23	140	94	423	425	2,545	2	2
July 16-31	222	804	12	66	234	870	222	1,191	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	4	54	4	54	75	977	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	13	55	13	55	233	1,009	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	9	89	9	89	172	1,618	2	2
Sept. 16-30	81	370	40	339	121	709	726	6,164	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	9	21	9	21	156	385	2	2
Winter Tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Year-to-date totals	757	2,707	250	1,312	1,007	4,019	4,989	26,098	512	2,675.1
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left for complete information

2021 creel
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 26-Jan. 26	229	192	12,457	1,290	1	1
Jan. 27-Feb. 28	656	381	7,688	955	1	1
March 1-21	152	47	2,188	55	1	1
May Opener-31	0	0	0	0	1	1
June 1-15	0	0	28	4	1	1
June 16-30	0	0	326	188	1	1
July 1-15	0	0	96	23	1	1
July 16-31	37	27	593	194	1	1
Aug. 1-15	0	0	398	67	1	1
Aug. 16-31	0	0	155	41	1	1
Sept. 1-15	0	0	0	0	1	1
Sept. 16-30	0	0	0	0	1	1
Oct. 1-31	0	0	0	0	1	1
Winter tournaments	-	-	-	-	1	1
Summer tournaments	-	-	-	-	1	1
Unsurveyed night	-	-	-	-	1	1
Year-to-date totals	1,074	647	23,929	2,817	131	113.8
Allowed take		135,000				135,000
1 Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

2020

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2020 creel
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill 3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 18-Jan. 8	2,144	7,036	85	161	2,229	7,197	45,848	84,577	2	2
Jan. 9-31	3,717	11,943	182	360	3,899	12,303	98,306	189,247	2	2
Feb. 1-23	2,895	9,505	102	237	2,997	9,742	54,901	123,706	2	2
Feb. 25-Mar. 19	0	0	0	1	0	1	185	399	2	2
May Opener-31	0	0	2,152	5,475	2.152	5,475	194,537	457,598	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	1,614	3,902	1,614	3,902	41,963	101,410	2	2
June 16-30	0	0	8,108	19,365	8,108	19,365	112,696	268,988	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	298	858	298	858	1,899	5,458	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	226	809	226	809	1,627	5,854	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	1,562	3,143	1,562	3,143	13,343	26,860	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	906	1.950	906	1,950	7,897	17,003	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	252	630	252	630	5,446	13,586	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	155	359	155	359	5,443	12,561	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	35	78	35	78	11,012	24,908	2	2
Winter Tournaments	4	12	3	7	7	19	1,544	3,474	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	551	1,323	551	1,323	13.312	31,810	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	8,760	28,496	16,236	38,252	24,996	66,748	609,959	1,367,439	17,581	33,113
Allowed take						87,800				62,200
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2020 creel
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 18-Jan. 8	359	2,218	0	0	359	2,218	750	3,442	2	2
Jan. 9-31	167	600	0	0	167	600	248	1,735	2	2
Feb. 1-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	326	1,910	2	2
Feb. 25-Mar. 19	62	258	0	0	62	258	31	390	2	2
May Opener-31	136	649	135	540	271	1,189	2,456	9,811	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	68	404	68	404	1,237	7,342	2	2
June 16-30	0	0	81	283	81	283	1,466	5,153	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	0	0	29	87	524	1,583	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	0	0	11	44	191	791	2	2
Aug. 1-15	97	541	8	60	105	601	146	1,085	2	2
Aug. 16-31	54	283	18	133	72	416	322	2,425	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	103	623	103	623	1,180	11,321	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	5	31	5	31	85	555	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	16	89	16	89	292	1,618	2	2
Winter Tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	875	4,559	473	2,293	1,348	6,852	9,995	49,163	251	1,267
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left for complete information

2020 creel
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 18-Jan. 8	0	0	11,337	941	1	1
Jan. 9-31	1,300	1,383	5,073	909	1	1
Feb. 1-23	959	768	5,081	986	1	1
Feb. 25-Mar. 19	277	82	4,684	493	1	1
May Opener-31	0	0	227	45	1	1
June 1-15	0	0	95	29	1	1
June 16-30	150	143	451	216	1	1
July 1-15	0	0	65	1	1	1
July 16-31	0	0	287	26	1	1
Aug. 1-15	0	0	1,310	613	1	1
Aug. 16-31	0	0	215	65	1	1
Sept. 1-15	0	0	1,611	36	1	1
Sept. 16-30	0	0	0	0	1	1
Oct. 1-31	73	38	73	6	1	1
Winter tournaments	121	150	85	18	1	1
Summer tournaments	0	0	0	0	1	1
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	1	1
Year-to-date totals	2,880	2,564	30,594	4,384	13	13.4
Allowed take		135,000				135,000
1 Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

2019

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2019 creel
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill 3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 15-Jan. 7	1,244	4,080	105	203	1,349	4,283	56,965	110,136	2	2
Jan. 8-31	1,770	6,083	132	271	1,902	6,354	71,533	146,725	2	2
Feb. 1-24	1,373	4,725	74	150	1,447	4,875	40,134	81,380	2	2
Feb. 25-Mar. 19	0	0	1	2	1	2	177	918	2	2
May Opener-31	3,976	14,001	672	1,646	4,648	15,779	92,784	229,944	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	2,043	5,269	2,043	5,269	68,666	178,537	2	2
June 16-30	0	0	4,741	11,029	4,741	11,029	105,394	246,918	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	8,154	20,718	8,154	20,718	73,400	188,060	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	4,414	11,702	4,414	11,702	32,064	85,642	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	3.632	7.909	3,632	7,909	27,682	60,733	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	1,279	2,477	1,279	2,477	15,268	29,900	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	259	611	259	611	6,032	14,293	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	131	311	131	311	3,943	9,292	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	5	17	5	17	1,177	3,736	2	2
Winter Tournaments	3	9	4	9	7	18	2,344	4,832	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	689	1,638	689	1,638	11,823	28,540	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Year-to-date totals	8,366	28,898	26,335	63,962	34,701	92,860	609,386	1,419,586	24,316	45,033
Allowed take						87,800				62,200
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2019 creel
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 15-Jan. 7	591	2,162	0	0	591	2,162	575	3,420	2	2
Jan. 8-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	506	3,472	2	2
Feb. 1-24	89	338	0	0	89	338	376	2,158	2	2
Feb. 25-Mar. 19	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	330	2	2
May Opener-31	175	767	89	317	264	1,084	1,621	5,767	2	2
June 1-15	168	729	55	207	223	936	998	3,772	2	2
June 16-30	41	177	47	166	88	343	846	3,015	2	2
July 1-15	168	678	42	179	210	857	771	3,263	2	2
July 16-31	120	283	51	221	171	504	933	4,019	2	2
Aug. 1-15	100	446	15	81	115	527	267	1,475	2	2
Aug. 16-31	104	551	35	240	139	791	645	4,372	2	2
Sept. 1-15	746	2,611	29	162	775	2,773	519	2,948	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	9	34	9	34	159	617	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	6	49	6	49	107	884	2	2
Winter Tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Summer tournaments	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-	2	2
Unsurveyed night	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	2	2
Year-to-date totals	2,302	8,742	378	1,657	2,680	10,399	8.381	39,512	442	2,044
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left for complete information

2019 creel
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 15-Jan. 7	2,309	1,293	6,275	671	1	1
Jan. 8-31	3,316	1,685	5,863	1,073	1	1
Feb. 1-24	799	658	4,076	814	1	1
Feb. 25-Mar. 19	0	0	232	17	1	1
May Opener-31	0	0	88	29	1	1
June 1-15	193	181	248	22	1	1
June 16-30	0	0	410	338	1	1
July 1-15	56	56	977	601	1	1
July 16-31	309	241	983	151	1	1
Aug. 1-15	0	0	975	348	1	1
Aug. 16-31	0	0	849	210	1	1
Sept. 1-15	0	0	280	107	1	1
Sept. 16-30	0	0	0	0	1	1
Oct. 1-31	0	0	0	0	1	1
Winter tournaments	23	23	87	9	1	1
Summer tournaments	23	-	2	-	1	1
Unsurveyed night	0	0	-	-	1	1
Year-to-date totals	7,028	4,137	21,345	4,390	153	142
Allowed take		135,000				135,000
1 Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

2018

Walleye

Slide text left for complete information

2018 creel Slide text left to show all data
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality1		Total kill4		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 9-Jan. 2	287	877	68	162	355	1,039	36,977	81,721	2	2
Jan. 3-29	1,048	3,271	63	186	1,111	3,457	33,790	94,149	2	2
Jan. 30-Feb. 25	419	1,380	33	105	452	1,485	17,627	53,451	2	2
Feb. 26-March 12	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	210	2	2
May 12-31	0	0	470	1,561	470	1,561	43,420	134,592	2	2
June 1-15	0	0	1,338	3,590	1,338	3,590	44,704	111,431	2	2
June 16-30	0	0	3,259	10,197	3,259	10,197	52,469	153,150	2	2
July 1-15	0	0	3,917	12,290	3,917	12,290	34,511	100,908	2	2
July 16-31	0	0	1,680	4,511	1,680	4,511	14,011	34,991	2	2
Aug. 1-15	0	0	989	1,625	989	1625	8,432	12,806	2	2
Aug. 16-31	0	0	1,773	2,641	1,773	2,641	16,758	22,998	2	2
Sept. 1-15	0	0	618	1,151	618	1,151	8,821	15,248	2	2
Sept. 16-30	0	0	214	535	214	535	5,878	13,659	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	47	189	47	189	12,250	45,912	2	2
Year-to-date totals	1,754	5,528	14,469	38,743	16,223	44,271	329,726	875,226	14,787	27,415
Allowed take						87,800				3
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Not established. 4 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Northern Pike

Slide text left for complete information

2018 creel Slide text left to show all data
	State anglers								Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Hooking mortality 1		Total kill3		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 9-Jan. 2	716	2,971	0	0	716	2,971	954	6,693	2	2
Jan. 3-29	103	324	0	0	103	324	243	1,707	2	2
Jan. 30-Feb. 25	250	964	0	0	250	964	109	399	2	2
Feb. 26-March 12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
May 12-31	54	185	97	491	151	676	1,761	8,920	2	2
June 1-15	29	102	73	273	102	375	1,332	4,959	2	2
June 16-30	34	58	52	130	86	188	937	2,363	2	2
July 1-15	269	886	10	55	279	941	182	997	2	2
July 16-31	714	2,481	49	347	763	2,828	896	6,306	2	2
Aug. 1-15	714	2,481	49	347	763	2,828	741	5,397	2	2
Aug. 16-31	60	284	9	58	69	342	161	1,057	2	2
Sept. 1-15	563	1,767	62	331	625	2,098	1,135	6,014	2	2
Sept. 16-30	32	117	46	347	78	464	844	6,310	2	2
Oct. 1-31	0	0	7	77	7	77	132	1,405	2	2
Year-to-date totals	2,952	10,548	447	2,405	3,399	12,953	9,427	52,527	1,220	4,935
Allowed take						50,000				50,000
1 Estimate of fish that die after being caught and released (i.e. hooking mortality). 2 Not reported by state angler period. 3 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.

Yellow Perch

Slide text left to show all data

2018 creel
	State anglers				Tribal fishing
	Harvested		Released		Total kill
	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.	Fish	Lbs.
Dec. 9-Jan. 2	1,145	363	8,813	615	1	1
Jan. 3-29	1,273	869	4,557	718	1	1
Jan. 30-Feb. 25	715	768	6,639	726	1	1
Feb. 26-March 12	58	41	3,021	199	1	1
May 12-31	0	0	128	107	1	1
June 1-15	146	30	211	80	1	1
June 16-30	511	213	511	255	1	1
July 1-15	156	153	688	449	1	1
July 16-31	0	0	1,017	343	1	1
Aug. 1-15	156	130	1,268	80	1	1
Aug. 16-31	309	274	971	145	1	1
Sept. 1-15	41	54	1,404	272	1	1
Sept. 16-30	0	0	112	70	1	1
Oct. 1-31	0	0	0	0	1	1
Year-to-date totals	4,510	2,895	29,340	4,059	3,191	2,041
Allowed take		135,000				135,000
1 Not reported by state angler period. 2 Total kill is harvest combined with hooking mortality.