Upper Red Lake Fishing

Upper Red Lake (04003501) is located near Waskish, Minnesota, in Beltrami County. Upper Red has 120,000 acres of surface area and a maximum depth of 15 feet. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians controls 60% of Upper Red Lake, a total of 72,000 acres. The state of Minnesota controls the remaining 40%, a total of 48,000 acres.

Commercial fishery heavily exploited walleye stocks in this lake for many decades. The collapse of the Red Lakes walleye population in the mid 1990s was quite a story, and the cooperative recovery effort is an even better story. There are still catch limits, but walleye now thrive again.

Fishing varieties on Upper Red Lake include black crappie, burbot, freshwater drum, lake whitefish, northern pike, shorthead redhorse, walleye, white sucker, and yellow perch.

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Upper Red Lake Fishing Weather

Current ConditionsLocal Time is 8:08 am CDT

Fair	Temperature	55° F	Sunrise	6:00 pm
	Feels Like	52° F	Sunset	6:00 pm
	Barometer	29.82	SE Wind	10 mph
	Dewpoint	37° F	Gusts	16 mph
	Humidity	51%	Visibility	10 miles
Reported at Waskish Municipal Airport, MN May 17 2012, 6:54 am CDT

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