Anchor Inn Fishing and Hunting Report 2010 Summary
This year, 2009, produced good fishing at Anchor Inn Resort . The following are the winners of the fishing contest:
| Marcus Turner | Large Mouth Bass |
5 pounds 8 oz |
| Rick Davison | Northern Pike |
8 pounds 8 oz |
| Sue Kaufman | Bluegill |
1 pound 2 oz |
| Sid Boelens | Perch |
1 pound 2 oz |
| Alex Reinke | Small Mouth Bass |
3 pounds |
| John Grosvenor | Crappie |
1 pound 3 oz |
No one entered their walleye in the contest, but there were a lot of nice walleye. There was an abundance of small walleye which indicates there is a strong class of fish coming up. The stocking of Sand and Little Sand Lakes continue through the combined efforts of the Sand Lake Property Owners Association and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. This Fall a total of 1,897 pounds of fingerings were stocked. The cool summer and abnormally warm September did impact some of the usual patterns of fishing and hunting.
Fishing Opener for 2010 is Saturday, May 15. Make your reservations now for the opener!!
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is considering implementing new limits of only five each on Sunfish, Perch and Crappie on the Sand Lake Chain. You will have an opportunity to voice your opinion on their website www.dnr.state.mn.us during a public comment period next spring, summer and fall. If this were enacted into the regulations it would take place in 2011. Your opinions and comments make a great deal of difference.
The best hunting this year was the grouse. Field and Stream has ranked the Chippewa National Forest as the Number 1 grouse hunting location in the United States. We had several parties who were flushing better than 20 birds a day. The Whitetail deer herd is down. The DNR just reported that the statewide harvest is down 19% from last year and the Grand Rapids area is down 26%.
Tags: big sand, bowstring, Fishing, little sand lake, walleye
