 A planned fish-off on Lake Bemidji was cut short today after the Minnesota DNR intervened. Reporter Sherell Moore is live in studio tonight to explain what happened. Sherell. Thank you Dennis. A group called the 1855 Treaty Authority had planned the fish-off for the day before the Minnesota State Fishing Opener as a demonstration to exercise their treaty rights. Two men headed out onto Lake Bemidji and placed a fishing net in the water. The net was then confiscated by the DNR and the men were issued citations. The treaty authority says they are disappointed with the outcome of today's events and say they plan to take the citations to court. Unfortunately, the game wardens came confiscated the nets, you know, not acknowledging or recognizing the treaty rights. That's the message we like to say today is we have a right. These are our inherent rights as tribal members is to hunt gather and fish on a seeded territory land, to feed the families, to feed the children and the elders. And this wasn't the first time for the fish-off before the opener. A similar demonstration also happened eight years ago in 2010. Dennis, back to you. All right, thanks Sherell for that live report tonight from our studio. The DNR issued a statement to Lake Lannous about today's incident on Lake Bemidji saying the DNR's position is that off-reservation harvest rights do not exist in the 1855 treaty area and that state laws will be enforced.