Are bigger muskies in Minnesota's future? The Department of Natural Resources hopes the answer is yes after a new muskie regulation takes effect in 2007.

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The debate over ocean freighters fouling the Great Lakes with exotic species has erupted into a verbal war, with new battles being waged in federal court, Congress and the court of public opinion.

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After more thought, I realize I was mistaken in arguing that we should simply bar ocean-going ships from the Great Lakes to keep exotic species out. What we should do is bar saltwater ships and block the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, plugging the lakes at both ends.

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By anyone's estimate, the 2006 walleye and perch fishing on the Detroit River and Lake Erie was some of the best ever, especially for walleyes. It began last April with some tremendous catches brought in during a number of professional and local walleye tournaments held Downriver and it progressed into a summer of seemingly limitless 15- to 17-inch.

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