Aitkin area fisheries staff perform management, habitat and oversight work throughout Aitkin County for 150 fishing lakes, 110 miles of the Mississippi River and hundreds of miles of other warm water rivers and streams.
Popular area waters are Big Sandy, Farm Island, Cedar and Minnewawa.
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Be safe on the ice
Variable temperatures make for variable ice conditions. Trust yourself, not others. Stay on shore until there's 4 inches of new, clear ice and follow ice safety precautions.
Get started ice fishing
Ever wonder how you really catch fish through a tiny little hole in one of Minnesota’s big, frozen lakes? Eliminate that mystery with our online ice fishing guide.
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Area lakes by county
Learn to fish
Fishing piers & boat ramps by county
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- Lake management planning
Comments from people interested in the health and quality of Minnesota’s fisheries are a critical part of the DNR’s fisheries lake management planning process. These plans establish fisheries management goals and objectives for each lake and guide the work fisheries biologists do each year.
No lakes are scheduled for updates in 2024.
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Aitkin staff
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Rick Bruesewitz Area supervisor 218-429-3031 [email protected] Greg Berg Assistant area supervisor 218-429-3031 [email protected] Vacant Fisheries specialist 218-429-3031 Kris Nissen Fisheries technician 218-429-3031 [email protected] Tom Jones Regional treaty coordinator 218-429-3031 [email protected] Serena Miazzo Office administrative specialist 218-429-3031 [email protected]