Peterson State Fish Hatchery

Office address

Peterson State Fish Hatchery
28376 County Road 25 South
Peterson, MN 55962
tel. 507-875-2625
fax. 507-875-2625
peterson.hatchery@state.mn.us

 

The Peterson State Fish Hatchery is located in Southeastern Minnesota in Fillmore County near the town of Peterson.

Peterson State Fish Hatchery location map.

Office contacts

  • Hatchery Supervisor: Lee Peterson
  • Assistant Supervisor: Jody Henry
  • Fisheries Specialist: Tom Cawest
  • Fisheries Technician: Troy LeJeune
  • Seasonal Laborer: Anna Nelson

Tours

The Peterson Hatchery is open to visitors from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays and 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. on weekends. Operations change from season to season, so there is always something new to see.

  • Guided tour: Available for groups by reservation.
  • Self-guided tour: Available most days from April through November.  Winter tours are available by appointment.

Operations

The hatchery annually produces about 100,000 to 130,000 lake trout for Minnesota's Inland Lake Trout Program. It also produces a few thousand splake, a lake trout/brook trout hybrid, and stocks those into several other inland lakes. Our lake trout are stocked into approximately 26 deep, cold lakes from Grindstone Lake near Hinckley to lakes near Grand Rapids, International Falls, Tower and Grand Marais. Some fish are stocked as 4" fingerlings in October, while the majority are stocked as 8" yearlings in April and May. Peterson Hatchery maintains captive lake trout brood stock to provide eggs for its program.