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Northshore Bay Resort
65747 County Road 174 
Northome, MN  56661 
Toll Free: 1-888-219-5235 
Phone: 218-897-5907 


EMAIL US:
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Stay at Northshore Bay and Fish Red Lake - Just 40 minutes Away!

A decade after the Red Lake walleye fishery was closed to anglers it will once again offer the opportunity to fish its waters for Minnesota's state fish - the walleye.   Lake-wide assessment data continues to indicate very promising progress towards walleye recovery.  Walleye abundance has increased dramatically from the mid-1990's when the walleye population crashed.  Walleye fry stocked in 1999, 2001 and 2003 as part of the recovery plan have established a large population of young fish. Recent DNR test netting indicates the stocking of 41 million walleye fry in 1999 was a huge success.  So was the stocking of 32 million fry in 2001.  Fry stocking in 2003 contributed greatly as well.  Over the next several years these fish are expected to mature and begin contributing to natural reproduction.

Red Lake is actually two shallow basins totaling 275,000 acres and had been a successful commercial, sport, and subsistence fishery for most of the 20th century.  Its walleye population, however, began to fluctuate widely by the 1970s due to overharvest.  This boom-and-bust cycle finally busted for good in the early 1990s.  To heal the ailing lake, state, federal, and tribal resource managers joined together in 1999 to develop the Red Lake Recovery Plan. They prescribed a total walleye harvest moratorium, stepped-up enforcement, and science-based fry stocking. And they let nature take its course.

In 2006 fisheries managers from the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources determined that the lake was ready to resume limited harvest of its walleye population.  NOTE: Special walleye limits have been set for 2008. While a person is on or fishing Upper Red Lake and it's associated tributaries, the daily and possession limit of walleye is four fish, of which not more than on walleye may be over 26 inches in length. All walleye in possession must be less than 17 inches or greater than 26 inches in length. All walleye that are 17 inches to 26 inches in length, inclusive, must be immediately returned to the water.

Northshore Bay Resort is located just 40 minutes from Red Lake.  Stay with us and fish Red!

IMPORTANT DATES

Walleye & Northern Opener - May 10, 2008

Lake Trout Opener - May 10, 2008

Bass Opener - May 24, 2008

Muskie Opener - June 7, 2008