 Governor Mark Dayton will travel to Melox Lake for the bass season opener on May 27th with the popular lakes walleye population struggling Dayton is going to Melox to highlight how it has become one of the top lakes in the U.S. for smallmouth bass the Dayton administration and the legislature have invested four million dollars in economic development and tourism promotion in the Melox area to help cushion the blow of tight walleye restrictions anglers will have to release any walleyes they catch in Melox Lake again this summer Dayton will fish with outdoors tv personality Ron Sherra and Seth Federer a Bloomington native who won last year's bass master angler of the year championship on Melox. Melox will host that tournament again in September. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland public television