http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/earlier-opener-couldn-t-hurt-6361 Comments for "Earlier opener couldn’t hurt" en http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/earlier-opener-couldn-t-hurt-6361 <p>Opening Minnesota's walleye fishing season one week earlier wouldn’t likely impact Borderland's tourism economy or Mother's Day.</p> <p>But it couldn’t hurt. And it might make for better relations in some families.</p> <p>Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently cast his support behind a proposal to push the state's walleye fishing opener a week earlier, in part to reduce conflicts with traditional Mother's Day celebrations, as well as to give a boost to tourism efforts in some parts of the state.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/earlier-opener-couldn-t-hurt-6361">read more</a></p> http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/editorials/earlier-opener-couldn-t-hurt-6361#comments Editorials Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:00:00 -0600 Journal Staff 6361 at http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com