DNR proposes to extend fall SE Minnesota trout season

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By: Sam Cook, Duluth News Tribune
Published February 16, 2014, 12:00 AM


The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is considering extending the fall catch-and-release trout season in all of southeastern Minnesota from Sept. 30 to Oct. 15.

Other proposed changes include allowing catch-and-release fishing on designated trout streams in southeastern Minnesota state parks from Oct. 15 to Dec. 31, and extending the winter trout fishing season in some southeastern Minnesota streams to all designated trout streams in that region.

The proposed new rules and repeal of others will be adopted without a public hearing unless 25 signatures requesting one are received in writing by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 28.

Comments or questions on the proposed changes and written requests for a public hearing should be submitted to Linda Erickson-Eastwood, Minnesota DNR, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4020.

Complete information on the proposed changes and the formal notice of their pending adoption are available on the DNR website at mndnr.

gov/input/rules/fisheries/se-mn-trout.html.