Fines for illegal fishing on Lake of the Woods

A Minnesota lodge owner and several american anglers have been hit with

over 4 thousand dollars in fines for illegal walleye fishing on Lake of the Woods.

Back in march, conservation officers were patrolling an area near Oak Island
at the border between Canada and the U.S.

They noticed a number of anglers ice fishing in Ontario waters and then saw
a snowmobile transport their limit of eight walleye to the Angle Inn Lodge.

The same anglers then caught and kept another eight walleye.

Angle Inn Lodge owner Anthony Wandersee and another person were fined
15 hundred dollars.

Three anglers were also fined 500 dollars each for catching an overlimit of
walleye.