 The Minnesota DNR says Anglers will be able to keep some walleye during the open water season on Malax Lake this year. The decision follows several seasons of catch and release fishing on the premier walleye lake in central Minnesota. Regulators say state anglers stayed well under Malax's safe harvest allocations for walleyes last year. With the walleye population improving, the DNR will allow some walleye harvest when the season opens May 11. Walleye regulations for the upcoming season on Malax will be announced in mid-March. Now the state and Ojibwe bands with fishing rights on Malax recently agreed on a safe harvest level of 150,000 pounds of walleye and that provides a state allocation of 87,800 pounds.