Minnesota fisheries

It's that time of year! Buy your Minnesota hunting, fishing and trapping licenses.

Minnesota hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for 2019 expire Saturday, Feb. 29. Licenses for 2020 are available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online at mndnr.gov/buyalicense and by telephone at 888-665-4236. All 2020 fishing licenses become effective Sunday, March 1. New licenses are required for 2020 seasons that continue past Feb. 29.

Women and families can learn outdoor recreational skills in a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities.

Activities are listed in the newly released 2020 Becoming an Outdoors Woman and Becoming an Outdoors Family catalog.

For more information about upcoming classes, visit mndnr.gov/bow or call the DNR Information Center at 651-296-6157 or 888-646-6367 and request a copy of the BOW 2020 catalog of events.

You don’t need a Minnesota walleye stamp to fish for or keep walleye, but you can buy one to help support walleye stocking.

The Minnesota walleye stamp helps pay for walleye that are stocked into lakes that lack naturally reproducing walleye populations. Anyone can buy a walleye stamp any time of the year, even if they don’t have a fishing license. Dollars from the $5 walleye stamp validation flow into a dedicated account for walleye stocking. For $0.75 more, the DNR will mail you the actual walleye stamp as a collector’s item.