Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Members exercising fishing treating rights.  Band members canoe to retrieve fish nets on the Mille Lacs Lake.  Each Mille Lacs Band Member is permitted to have one fish net.

A Mille Lacs Band Member pulling in a fish net.





Walleye and northerns caught in a single fish net.  Containers of all sorts are utilized to hold the fish and the net.  All fish nets must be kept separate in order for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to weight each net's catch as Mille Lacs Band members are allowed a collective quota of fish each year.  The quota changes each year dependent upon Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' regulations.

"Crilling" is the arduous process of removing the entangled fish from the nets.

Once removed from the net, the fish are ready to be weighed by the

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Weigh Station located on the shore of the Mille Lacs Lake.