Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk introduced a bill today that would move up this year's fishing opener by one weekend, from Mother's Day weekend, to May 5 and 6.
Apart from the general sentiment that this proposal promotes domestic tranquility across the North Star state, the thing that actually makes this workable is that the unusually warm winter has created earlier ice-outs, opening lakes to boat traffic, and an earlier walleye spawn.
