3 Minnesota Men Fined $3,750 For Ontario Fishing Flub

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Three Minnesota men fishing in Ontario were fined $1,250 each for possessing more fish than allowed.

Gary Hegarty, of Monticello, Ricky Gruebele, of Cambridge, and John Bartholmy, of North Branch, pleaded guilty to possessing 32 yellow perch, seven black crappies and five walleye over the legal limit.

On Oct. 26, 2014, conservation officers inspected their combined catch. They were fishing in Sabaskong Bay of Lake of the Woods and staying at a cabin on Raspberry Island in the Morson area.