A volunteer prepares to release a walleye caught at the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza fishing tournament on Gull Lake on January 26, 2008, in Brainerd. Since the 1950s, anglers on the ...
The walleye is the official fish of Minnesota. The walleye was considered a sacred gift from Gitchi Manitou by the Ojibwe and other Indigenous tribes. Commercial walleye fishing is largely restricted ...