There’s good news for anglers hoping to hit the ice on Mille Lacs Lake this winter. They’ll be able to bring home up to three walleyes, if they’re lucky enough to catch them.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the three-walleye limit that’s been in place since August will remain for the ice fishing season. It’s the highest walleye cap on Mille Lacs in more than a decade of winters.

The DNR says the lake’s walleye are showing signs of recovery from 10-12 years ago, when a population decline caused the state to tighten fishing limits.

“I don’t know that we’re going to go back to the way things were,” said Brian Nerbonne, central region fisheries manager. “But I think we’ve settled into maybe a new normal, where we can have a little bit more opportunity for harvest on a reg

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