...size restrictions on fish caught by non-Indian anglers. ''We don't expect big changes,'' said fisheries chief Ron Payer of the state Department of Natural Resources. That's because the projected Chippewa harvest is comparable to last year...

...number of decent-sized fish on Winnibigoshish and other lakes where perch are under a lot of harvest pressure," said Ron Payer, DNR Fisheries Section chief. "This is the first time in recent years that the DNR has proposed different daily and...

...anglers that we should lower bag limits and we hear from some resort owners that the limits should stay as they are," said Ron Payer, fisheries section chief. "What we're proposing is to take a close look at bag limits and see whether or not lowering...

...affect Minnesota. Ecological Services Director Lee Pfannmuller, Wildlife Director Tim Bremicker and Fisheries Director Ron Payer each have gotten a taste of that workload during the first six months of this year and say they are up to the challenge...

...into Minnesota waters. Most anglers hear "bag limit review" and their first thought is "down go the limits." But Ron Payer, head of the DNR's Division of Fisheries, said that isn't necessarily a foregone conclusion. "We're not predisposed...

...at both game and non-game species. The DNR is dispatching enforcement director Bill Bernhjelm, fisheries director Ron Payer and staff member Emmett Mullen to meet with members of the state's congressional delegation in Washington, but mainly...

...I'm a little surprised we didn't get more of an endorsement but I'm not disappointed," DNR Fisheries Chief Ron Payer said when the roundtable ended Saturday morning. "We feel we can take the ideas we got here out to the general public...

...exceeding our production goal of 120,000 to 130,000 pounds of fingerlings than we had the past two years," said Ron Payer, fisheries director. The DNR is responding to concerns that stocking levels were reduced too much in the early 1990s...

DNR fisheries chief Ron Payer has predicted the 2001 walleye season will sizzle after a cold start on May 12. "It should be a decent opener," Payer said...

...aggressive" in its stocking of muskies, said Tony Prozinski, association president. The board met with DNR Fisheries Chief Ron Payer, Regional Fisheries Manager Tim Goeman and Area Fisheries Supervisor Jim Lilienthal and told them the lake's muskie...