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Muskie fishing opens in Minnesota this weekend, but excitement for the season's first days isn't what it once was. That's because the state's lakes and rivers hold fewer muskies than they did a ...
The 14 lakes consist of Upper Whitefish Lake, Lower Whitefish Lake, Cross Lake, Big Trout Lake, Rush-Hen Lake, Lower Hay Lake, Little Pine Lake, Bertha Lake, Arrowhead Lake, Daggett Lake, Clamshell Lake, Pig Lake, Island Lake, and Loon Lake.
Rush Lake is in the general shape of a gourd, covering an area of 5,338 acres (21.60 km 2) and reaching a maximum depth of 68 feet (21 m). Despite the said maximum depth, most of the lake is rather shallow with 62 percent of the lake less than 15 feet (4.6 m) in depth.
Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, Chautauqua Lake in western New York, north into Canada, throughout most of the St Lawrence River drainage, and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, although the species also extends as far south as ...
The 65-foot-long wooden structure takes the form of a muskie fish. The Big Fish was built as a drive-in restaurant in 1958, though it only operated as a restaurant for a few years. The Big Fish Supper Club, located next to the fish-shaped building, was opened in 1972.
Access to the township is from County 1 exit in Rush City. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 42.7 square miles (110.6 km 2), of which 37.4 square miles (96.8 km 2) is land and 5.3 square miles (13.8 km 2), or 12.45%, is water. [3] Rush Lake is a large two-basin water body in the center of the township.
The refuge is one of only two that spans portions of four states (the other is Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge).As of 30 September 2007 the area per state was: Wisconsin: 89,637.54 acres (362.75 km 2), Iowa: 51,147.78 acres (206.99 km 2), Minnesota: 33,868.64 acres (137.06 km 2), Illinois: 33,489.57 acres (135.53 km 2).
Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman who became the oldest living person in August 2024, died on Dec. 29, 2024, according to Guinness World Records.