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05/25/19 - 03/01/21 | Largemouth and smallmouth bass (click here for season dates) - Wisconsin-Minnesota border waters | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
02/24/20 - 02/28/21 | Bowfishing (click here for season dates) | Statewide and an early season area | |
03/01/20 - 03/01/21 | Sturgeon - Wisconsin border waters (click here for season dates) | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
04/25/20 - 02/28/21 | Spearing, harpooning and dip net seasons (click here for season dates) | Statewide | |
05/02/20 - 03/01/21 | Walleye and sauger - St. Croix River | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
05/02/20 - 03/01/21 | Northern pike - St. Croix River | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
05/09/20 - 02/28/21 | Walleye, sauger and northern pike | Statewide inland waters | |
05/09/20 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
05/09/20 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger - Lake of the Woods | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
05/09/20 - 02/28/21 | Walleye and sauger - Four Mile Bay | Lake of the Woods | |
05/09/20 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger - Namakan, Sand Point and Little Vermilion | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
05/09/20 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger - Rainy Lake | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
05/09/20 - 02/28/21 | Walleye and sauger - Rainy River | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
05/09/20 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger - Saganaga Lake | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
05/09/20 - 03/01/21 | Walleye and sauger - St. Louis River | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
05/09/20 - 03/01/21 | Northern pike - St. Louis River | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
05/23/20 - 02/28/21 | Largemouth bass | Statewide excluding northeastern Minnesota | |
06/16/20 - 04/14/21 | Lake sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon | Statewide inland waters | |
06/16/20 - 04/14/21 | Lake sturgeon catch-and-release only - South Dakota border waters | Minnesota waters that border South Dakota | |
06/16/20 - 04/14/21 | Lake sturgeon catch-and-release only - North Dakota border waters | Minnesota waters that border North Dakota | |
09/14/20 - 02/28/21 | Smallmouth bass catch-and-release | Statewide excluding northeastern Minnesota | |
09/16/20 - 04/16/21 | Stream trout catch-and-release | Specific southeastern state parks and cities | |
10/01/20 - 04/23/22 | Lake sturgeon (click here for season dates) - Canada border waters | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
11/15/20 - 02/28/21 | Dark house spearing | Statewide | |
12/01/20 - 10/03/21 | Lake trout | Lake Superior and tributaries | |
01/01/21 - 03/31/21 | Stream trout in lakes | Waters entirely within the BWCA | |
01/01/21 - 04/16/21 | Stream trout catch-and-release | Southeastern Minnesota | |
01/01/21 - 03/31/21 | Lake trout | BWCA lakes entirely within Minnnesota | |
01/16/21 - 03/31/21 | Stream trout in lakes | Outside or partly outside the BWCA | |
01/16/21 - 03/31/21 | Lake trout | Statewide inland waters | |
03/01/21 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger catch-and-release - Four Mile Bay | Lake of the Woods | |
03/01/21 - 04/14/21 | Walleye and sauger catch-and-release - Rainy River | Minnesota waters that border Canada | |
03/01/21 - 04/14/22 | Sturgeon - Wisconsin border waters (click here for season dates) | Minnesota waters that border Wisconsin | |
04/01/21 - 11/30/21 | Flathead catfish - South Dakota border waters | Minnesota waters that border South Dakota | |
04/17/21 - 09/30/21 | Stream trout | Excludes southeastern Minnesota | |
04/17/21 - 09/14/21 | Stream trout | Southeastern Minnesota | |
04/17/21 - 09/14/21 | Stream trout | Specific southeastern state parks and cities | |
04/17/21 | Stream trout opener | Statewide inland streams | |
04/17/21 - 09/07/21 | Brook trout and splake | Lake Superior and tributaries | |
04/17/21 - 09/30/21 | Brook and brown trout | Lake Superior and tributaries above posted boundaries | |
04/17/21 - 09/30/21 | Rainbow trout catch-and-release | Lake Superior and tributaries above posted boundaries |