Governor's Fishing Opener Free Picnic

You can't legally wet a line for walleye until Saturday but there's fun and food to be had the day before. Brainerd Lakes Chamber Executive Ruth Ann Hansen said you're invited to a picnic Friday afternoon and all you have to bring is your appetite. The Governor will arrive around 3:30p for a presentation at Dru's Garden and at the Veteran's Memorial. And there'll be a performance of the By the Way Players and their tale of 1940s Whitefish Chain mailman Ben Knebel in the play No Fish.