About this episode

The episode discusses fishing in Minnesota and Alaska, new research on fish harvest estimates, and updates on CWD.

Tim Lesmeister and Rob Drieslein start the show with some fishing chatter in Minnesota and Alaska, then review new research that suggests Minnesotans catch and keep 80 million pounds of freshwater fish in the state every year – more than double the previous estimate. Then Kelly Straka, the Minnesota DNR’s Fish and Wildlife Division director, […] The post Episode 595 – 80M pounds of fish harvested in MN? New licensing system, and latest CWD headlines appeared first on Outdoor News .

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Lesmeister, Rob Drieslein

Topics covered

• fishing
• wildlife management
• CWD
• Minnesota
• research
• licensing system

Keywords

• fish harvest
• Minnesota DNR
• CWD
• fishing chatter
• wildlife
• licensing system
• freshwater fish

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minnesota DNR

Places: Minnesota, Alaska

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