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It's a bright beginning of the season Up North

By Dennis Anderson

May 11, 2014 at 12:29AM
What Crane Lake anglers were looking for: Steve Vilks of Naples, Fla.,with a keeper walleye on Crane Lake, caught on the opener Saturday. Walleyes on Crane Lake under 17 inches can be kept.
What Crane Lake anglers were looking for: Steve Vilks of Naples, Fla.,with a keeper walleye on Crane Lake, caught on the opener Saturday. Walleyes on Crane Lake under 17 inches can be kept. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After the winter Minnesotans endured, all anybody really asked for out of the fishing season's opening day was open water. This one produced so much more than that, Dennis Anderson reports from Crane Lake. C16

Also: Doug Smith, from Gull Lake C16

Tom Ellsworth of Excelsior holds a monster walleye boated on Crane Lake, while his wife, Nancy, looks on. Fishing on the border lake was pretty good Saturday, and the weather was better.
Tom Ellsworth of Excelsior held a monster walleye boated on Crane Lake, while his wife, Nancy, watched. Fishing on the border lake was pretty good Saturday, and the weather was better. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Dennis Anderson

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Outdoors columnist Dennis Anderson joined the Star Tribune in 1993 after serving in the same position at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 13 years. His column topics vary widely, and include canoeing, fishing, hunting, adventure travel and conservation of the environment.

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