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Published May 14, 2011, 10:51 AM

Dayton fishing near Grand Rapids on season opener

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton got an early start on the fishing season Saturday, casting his line Lake Pokegama (poh--KEG'-uh-muh) near Grand Rapids just after midnight.

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    In this early Saturday morning, May 14, 2011 picture provided by the Office of Governor Mark Dayton, Gov. Mark Dayton, right, heads out on his boat minutes after midnight on Pokegama Lake near Grand Rapids, Minn. with fishing host Scott Glorvigen and Army National Guard Specialist Dennis Coan. Dayton got an early start on the fishing season Saturday casting his line just after midnight. The Governor's Fishing Opener started in 1948 and traditionally serves as a kickoff celebration to the summer tourism season. (AP Photo/Office of Governor Mark Dayton)

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton got an early start on the fishing season Saturday, casting his line Lake Pokegama (poh--KEG'-uh-muh) near Grand Rapids just after midnight.

The governor's office says he was joined by Grand Rapids fisherman Scott Glorvigen and Army National Guard Spc. Dennis Coan, who served in Afghanistan with the 114th Transportation Co.

Dayton has a news conference and shore lunch scheduled for about 10:30 a.m.

The Governor's Fishing Opener started in 1948 and traditionally serves as a kickoff celebration to the summer tourism season.

Many of festivities are based at Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge. Most of the fishing will be on Pokegama and other area lakes.

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