Trout streams

Hot tips for winter trout

The deeply carved coulees of southeast Minnesota offer great year-round trout fishing in 720 miles of designated streams.

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Where to fish

• How to use the trout stream maps
• Southern Minnesota maps (updated Spring 2016)
• Northeastern Minnesota maps (updated Spring 2007)

• Southeast Minnesota trout stream habitat improvement project locations

  
  • Fillmore
  • Goodhue
  • Houston
  • Wabasha
  • Winona
• Accessible trout streams
• Landowner relations
• Trout lakes

Trout fishing basics

• Trout fishing how-to
• Fly fishing how-to
• Trout species
• Trout angling events
• Catch-and-release

Regulations

• Trout fishing regulations
• General fishing regulations
• Trout fishing regulations in southeast Minnesota

• Town and State Park Catch-and-Release Trout Season Maps

  • Beaver Creek Valley State Park
  • Whitewater State Park
  • Forestville State Park
  • Lanesboro
  • Preston
  • Chatfield
  • Spring Valley
• Listing of Minnesota's designated trout lakes and trout streams (as listed in statute)
• North Shore trout stream boundaries
• Trout and salmon stamp
• Sunrise and sunset data

Trout management

• Southeastern Minnesota trout streams
• North Shore trout streams
• Watershed management
  • Watershed Health Assessment Framework
• Trout population trends
• Stocking
• DNR trout stream easements
• Southeast Minnesota trout stream management plan
• Strategic plan for coldwater resources management in southeast Minnesota 2004-2015

Area fisheries office trout information

• Bemidji area
• Crystal Springs / Whitewater area
• Duluth area
• East Metro area
• Grand Rapids area
• Hinckley area
• Lake Superior area
• Lanesboro area
• Montrose area
  
• Peterson state fish hatchery
• West Metro area
• Windom area