Muskie fishing regulations meetings announced

Tower. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing to increase the minimum length for muskellunge on Lake Vermilion in St. Louis County. A public input open house will be held on September 19, 2006, from 6 pm to 8 pm in the conference room at the DNR Office Building, 650 Hwy. 169, Tower, Minnesota, to give people an opportunity to learn more about the proposed regulation and to comment on the proposal. A 10-day public comment period, during which the public will be able to provide written comments, will follow the open house and will terminate on September 29, 2006.

The following muskellunge regulation change proposal will be open for comment:

Lake Vermilion in St. Louis County - increase muskellunge minimum length limit from 40 inches to 48 inches.

A similar public input open house will also be held in the DNR Central Office Building in St. Paul, MN, from 8 am to 4:30 pm, on September 29, 2006, for the same regulation proposal. A 10-day public comment period, during which the public will be able to provide written comments, will follow the meeting. The public comment period for the open house in St. Paul will terminate on October 9, 2006.

Comments may either be written at the Tower open house, mailed to, or emailed to (September 29 deadline):

Tower Area Fisheries Headquarters

650 Hwy. 169

Tower, MN 55790 or email

joe.geis@dnr.state.mn.us

Comments may either be written at the St. Paul open house or mailed to (October 9 deadline): DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife Box 12 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4012

For more information, contact: Joe Geis, DNR Area Fisheries Manager, 218-753-2580 ext. 222