Minnesota fishing

News-desk briefs whose primary water is Minnesota.

Laws & Licensing MNNews deskSeptember 24, 2026
Minnesota’s 2027 special-regulation survey stays open through Sept. 30
Minnesota DNR is still taking comments through Sept. 30 on 2027 experimental and special rules, including a sunfish toolbox limit, pike changes at Cuyuna and Pine Lake, and making the Namakan walleye slot a special regulation.
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US Fishing MNNews deskSeptember 21, 2026
Lake Superior week of Sept. 17: slow lake trout, light pinks in two rivers
Minnesota DNR's Sept. 17 Lake Superior report: slow 18- to 29-inch lake trout from Duluth to Two Harbors, a flat upper shore after west winds, and light pink salmon in the Brule and Temperance. Pinks remain a small but expanding part of the fishery.
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US Fishing MNNews deskSeptember 11, 2026
Minnesota DNR closed trout-water designation comments Sept. 11
Minnesota DNR took comments through Sept. 11 on adding and dropping trout-stream and stream-trout-lake designations across about 125 miles in 11 counties — Lanesboro proposing 72 new stream miles.
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