“Fishing has been good on the upper part of the St. Louis River,” Lindgren said. “I’ve heard reports that people are catching some large fish — 27-, 28-, 29-inch fish. Every large fish that gets killed takes a long time to replace.”
He also cautioned anglers to check fish consumption guidelines for those large fish.
“These are not fish you should be killing and eating,” Lindgren said. “Put them on the wall, but I would target the small ones [for eating]. These large fish have high levels of contaminants in them. They’re considered to have high levels of mercury and PCBs.”
For Minnesota fish consumption guidelines, go to www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/fish.