Today is Minnesota’s annual open-water fishing opener.

Northern pike on Lake Kabetogama, Minnesota

Tim Immelman’s Mississippi River walleye below the Sartell dam, Minnesota

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Related reports on this site

“Eater” walleye caught on slip bobber with jig and leech at “The Graveyard.”

The Last Fishing Trip of Summer (Aug. 14, 2011)

Mille Lacs Lake Fishing Report (June 12, 2011)

2010 Father’s Day Fishing Trip (June 19, 2010)

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — May 15, 2009

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s May 14, 2009 press conference with former ACORN employee Anita MonCrief and attorney Heather Heidelbaugh (vice president of the Republican National Lawyers’ Association) to explain “ACORN’s ongoing fraudulent behavior and the consequences of continuing to funnel taxpayer dollars to the organization.”

Bachmann Seeks to Block ACORN

One-year retrospective: One year ago today, I reported that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) called on Congress to block ACORN’s access to federal housing funds, citing repeated charges of voter registration fraud against the low-income advocacy group.