District 5 - Eveleth area

Last updated: 2013-05-07

CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls) spent time at Camp Ripley for annual in-service training. Sturgeon fishing on the Rainy River has slowed as the Littlefork and Bigfork Rivers have gone out. Enforcement action was taken for failure to attach sturgeon tag, operate watercraft without required navigational lights, and no angling license in possession. A report of a vehicle going through the ice on Rainy Lake was also handled; individual was attempting to remove ice shelter that was left after the deadline.

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports attending training, river activities were monitored very poor fishing, few people, large icebergs, stumps, and trees observed floating in the river making fishing difficult at best.

CO Dan Starr (Tower) worked sturgeon season on the Rainy River and attended the annual training session in Ripley. Calls about fishing closures were taken, with concerns about waters that are open for fishing. A neighborhood dispute was also heard, as the feeding of bear has started and not appreciated by all people. Ice is just starting to pull away from some of the shoreline. Opener will not be ice free, unless drastic temperature changes occur.

CO Don Bozovsky (Hibbing) worked anglers (in the limited amount of available open water), ATVs, taught an ATV Safety Class, and dealt with road killed deer and otter. Rivers are free of ice; however, lake ice is keeping hold and may complicate things on the fishing opener. Enforcement action was taken on angling without an angling license, angle with extra lines, and a number of ATV and OHM violations.

CO Matt Frericks (Virginia) attended annual training at Camp Ripley and monitored deteriorating ice conditions on Virginia area lakes. Ice is finally pulling away from shore and no anglers have been seen on area lakes. Anglers were checked on area rivers and suckers have started showing up. Walleyes have started to spawn.

Ray - vacant.

I. Falls # 2 - vacant.