Team Zippo wins it all @ Mille Lacs

[Red Childress]

Charlie was telling me last nite (over some celebratory ice cold lemonade) that there were several guys who got busted clipping tail fins to meet the 14"-16.99999999" slot limit. (All fish between 17" and 28" must be immediately released.) They were cutting the tails to shorten the fish so they would be under 17" and count as part of their basket if you can believe that. They made very irregular cuts to make it look like the net had damaged the tails.

Mille Lacs is one of those places that you are actually hoping to catch small fish (14.000001-16.999) to get your limit and then go hunt 1 (and only 1) big fish over 28.