How Minnesota Fishing Is Being Affected by Flooding

Southern and northern Minnesota have each dealt with quite a bit of rain in the past couple weeks.  Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON.  He says many areas south of the Twin Cities and north of the arrowhead are flooded.  Schmitt explains that because of the large amounts of rain there is debris on many northern Minnesota lakes.  He says are section of docks and boats that are floating away.  Schmitt says southern Minnesota rivers are unfishable right now.  He says there are many no wake zones on southern Minnesota lakes and this will likely impact 4th of July weekend.  Schmitt says many boat accesses on southern Minnesota lakes are underwater.

Schmitt says for lakes like Mille Lacs, Gull and Leech they have high water but most of those areas are seeing manageable water level situations. He says Central Minnesota lakes are either at normal water levels or slightly above. …