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12-16-2002, 01:12 AM
Dec. 11, 2002
Star Tribune
Portions of 12 southeastern Minnesota trout streams (six north of Interstate Hwy. 90 and six south of I-90) will be open for catch-and-release winter trout fishing with barbless hooks Jan. 1 through March 31. Signs are posted on streams that will be open for winter fishing.
Additional winter trout fishing opportunities will be available on portions of 25 other streams beginning March 1, when the 2003 fishing regulations take effect.
The Department of Natural Resources approved a proposal to expand winter trout fishing in southeastern Minnesota after anglers voiced strong support at several public meetings last fall. In 2004, portions of 37 streams (approximately 135 miles) will be open from Jan. 1 to March 31.
Catch-and-release fishing opens on all southeastern Minnesota trout streams on April 1, 2003. Anglers can harvest trout starting April 12, 2003.
Minnesota's winter trout season opened experimentally in 1988. Creel surveys conducted in 1988 and 1989 and additional data indicate the winter catch-and-release season does not damage trout populations. But to minimize any possible harm, anglers are encouraged to minimize a trout's exposure to cold air after being caught by keeping it in the water as much as possible. Anglers also are asked to avoid walking through shallow riffles, which often contain trout spawning beds.
Areas open for winter trout fishing Jan. 1 are listed in the 2002 Fishing Regulations Handbook. Maps of streams where winter trout fishing opens Jan. 1 are available at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us.
Streams open for winter trout fishing beginning March 1 will be listed in the 2003 Fishing Regulations Handbook.
Star Tribune
Portions of 12 southeastern Minnesota trout streams (six north of Interstate Hwy. 90 and six south of I-90) will be open for catch-and-release winter trout fishing with barbless hooks Jan. 1 through March 31. Signs are posted on streams that will be open for winter fishing.
Additional winter trout fishing opportunities will be available on portions of 25 other streams beginning March 1, when the 2003 fishing regulations take effect.
The Department of Natural Resources approved a proposal to expand winter trout fishing in southeastern Minnesota after anglers voiced strong support at several public meetings last fall. In 2004, portions of 37 streams (approximately 135 miles) will be open from Jan. 1 to March 31.
Catch-and-release fishing opens on all southeastern Minnesota trout streams on April 1, 2003. Anglers can harvest trout starting April 12, 2003.
Minnesota's winter trout season opened experimentally in 1988. Creel surveys conducted in 1988 and 1989 and additional data indicate the winter catch-and-release season does not damage trout populations. But to minimize any possible harm, anglers are encouraged to minimize a trout's exposure to cold air after being caught by keeping it in the water as much as possible. Anglers also are asked to avoid walking through shallow riffles, which often contain trout spawning beds.
Areas open for winter trout fishing Jan. 1 are listed in the 2002 Fishing Regulations Handbook. Maps of streams where winter trout fishing opens Jan. 1 are available at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us.
Streams open for winter trout fishing beginning March 1 will be listed in the 2003 Fishing Regulations Handbook.