This year’s ice-out is in line with other ice-outs across southern and central Minnesota that are running 2-3 weeks earlier than normal. The median ice-out for Lake Minnetonka is April 14.

The sturgeon season opens July 1. Lake Superior: According to the Minnesota DNR, anglers are doing well for lake trout in the top 30 feet of Lake Superior in the Duluth and Superior, Wis. area.

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the median ice-out for Lake Minnetonka is April 13. The latest ice-out recorded was on May 5, 2018, and the earliest was on March 11, 1878.

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MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Starting next year, boaters on Lake Minnetonka will have a new speed rule near the shoreline -- 5 miles per hour will be as fast as you can go anytime within 300 feet of shore.