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All Things Considered
Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

Minnesota DNR cuts Mille Lacs Lake perch limit for 2025 fishing season

An ice house hitched to a pickup truck on Mille Lacs.
An ice house on Lake Mille Lacs near Onamia, Minn., is pictured in this 2016 file photo.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News

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Anglers on Lake Mille Lacs will have to drastically curb their perch fishing for the rest of 2025. The new daily limit is five, down from 20, according to a new order from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

In a news release, the DNR said anglers have overfished the allotment for the year as aligned by treaty with Ojibwe tribes.

State-licensed anglers have already harvested more than 43,000 pounds of perch, the DNR said, 6,500 pounds over the limit and six times the year’s normal harvest.

How might new regulations impact a lake where fishing is big business? To find out, MPR News host Tom Crann spoke with Terry Thurmer. Thurmer is the owner of Terry’s Boat Harbor on the west shore of the lake, south of Garrison — which offers boat rentals and charters, a tackle shop and ice house rentals.

Press play above to listen to their full conversation.