Today is practically a state holiday up here in the State of Minnesota.
It's the Walleye fishing opener. The Walleye (which tastes good deep battered fried, let me tell you) is the state fish and common in the lakes of Northern Minnesota. The first day that its legal to catch the fish in the season is called the fishing opener, and its a big deal here.
The Governor has a photo-op laden event every year (with various Governors having varying degrees of success...), and its estimated that a *million* people (in a state with a population of 6 million, so its one out of six Minnesotans) go off to fish this weekend.
Needless to say, the traffic to and from the north of the state this weekend is a complete and utter mess.
Posted by Jvstin at May 10, 2008 7:50 AM