Mille Lacs Night Band

  • Coreyhuberty
    Brainerd,MN
    Posts: 322
    May 7, 2012 at 11:17 am #1277168

    What exactly is the reason for the night band?
    Also why are you able to fish opener at night…… Then it’s shut down shortly after?
    Just curious.
    Thanks

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    May 7, 2012 at 11:32 am #1066171

    Quote:

    What exactly is the reason for the night band?
    Also why are you able to fish opener at night…… Then it’s shut down shortly after?
    Just curious.
    Thanks

    Its so the day Band can get home to their families and catch a little sleep before their gig starts the next day!

    fishinfreaks
    Rogers, MN
    Posts: 1130
    May 7, 2012 at 11:32 am #1066172

    There’s a band at Mille Lacs for opener? Who’s playing?!

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    May 7, 2012 at 11:45 am #1066174

    Quote:

    There’s a band at Mille Lacs for opener? Who’s playing?!

    Been years since I have went to hear a good band

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 3998
    May 7, 2012 at 12:02 pm #1066180

    Check the post in the Mille Lacs forum under “night ban.”

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 21873
    May 7, 2012 at 12:10 pm #1066182

    now that all the other smartazzes beat me already… I believe it is because the fish are post spawn, in the shallows with the feed bag on and we probably would catch half our harvest in 1 week after dark. It is open at night for the opener because…. well it’s the opener Some say the ban was put in place by lobbying resort owners, who wanted the bar stools filled at 10 pm, for the real Band I don’t buy that… I go with the easy picken’s theory A cork in the rocks at sundown in may and early june, for walleyes, you can’t hardly beat that although the resorts get packed about 10:30 with the ban in place, I am sure they don’t argue with that either

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    May 7, 2012 at 12:18 pm #1066184

    The reason it was put in place is to reduce harvest to keep white man’s quota under the allowable harvest limit. There is no biological reason what so ever.

    That was after several slot limit tries did not work. If I remember correctly, we went over limits 2-3 years in a row. It was one of the less painful options at the time.

    Now, the reason I believe it stays is the resorters love it. Gets everyone off the lake and into the bars and restaurants. Not the top of the list for things they want changed.

    -J.

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    May 7, 2012 at 1:10 pm #1066209

    check out the Blue Goose in Garrison

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    May 7, 2012 at 5:23 pm #1066321

    my understanding is that Big g had too much firewood.

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