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Lake Mille Lacs walleye fishery facing a crisis with few easy answers

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Walleye
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, Assistant Area Fisheries Supervisor Jason Neuman, with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, measures stunned walleye fry before throwing them back into the water while electrofishing on Rush Lake near Palmer, Minn. The excursion is meant to gauge how the spring's walleye fry stocking took on the Briggs Chain of Lakes.
Jason Wachter | St. Cloud Times via AP

Gov. Mark Dayton plans to hold a town hall meeting this morning (Friday) in Isle, Minnesota about the walleye population on Lake Mille Lacs. The Department of Natural Resources says it may have to close walleye fishing on the lake early - possibly next week- because of declining walleye population.

That's prompted concerns among resort owners in the area. Gov. Dayton says he wants to call legislators back for a special session to deal with the issue.

Dave Orrick joins Tom Weber to talk about the walleye problem on Lake Mille Lacs - including possible solutions, and why there's no easy answer.

Dave Orrick wrote in the Pioneer Press about why there are no easy solutions.