Hatch Chart
Frequently Asked Questions
Southeast Minnesota - Photos of Interest
Reintroductions
Trout Population Summaries
- 2018 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2017 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2016 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2015 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2014 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2013 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2012 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- 2011 Trout Population Assessment Summary
- DNR trout stream easements: Answers to landowner questions
Creel Reports
Key findings of the above creel report:
- 33 trout streams in southeast Minnesota
- 90.2 % of our anglers are males
- 37.0% are bait anglers
- 35.5% are fly anglers
- 20.7% are lure anglers
- 7.0% are mixed method anglers (fly/bait, lure/bait, fly/lure)
- Mean trip length = 3.77 hours
- Catch rate = 1.10 trout/hour
- 190,859 estimated angler-hours from April 1 to Sept 30, 2005 on surveyed streams
- 17.3% harvest rate for brown trout
- 34.4% harvest rate for rainbow trout
Key findings of the above creel report:
- 32 trout streams open to winter angling in southeast Minnesota
- 97.6% of our anglers are males
- 2.0% are bait anglers
- 76.4% are fly anglers
- 16.4% are lure anglers
- 5.2% are mixed method anglers (fly/bait, lure/bait, fly/lure)
- Mean trip length = 3.7 hours
- Catch rate = 1.38 trout/hour
- Anglers caught an estimated 5,978 trout (all species) from January 1 to March 31, 2013
- 13, 603 estimated angler-hours from January 1 to March 31, 2013 on surveyed streams
Key findings of the above creel report:
- 24 trout streams in southeast Minnesota
- 90.1% of our anglers are males
- 27.3% are bait anglers
- 42.8% are fly anglers
- 24.2% are lure anglers
- 5.8% are mixed method anglers (fly/bait, lure/bait, fly/lure)
- Mean trip length = 3.11 hours
- Catch rate = 1.45 trout/hour
- Anglers caught an estimated 56,192 trout (all species) from April 1 to September 30, 2013
- 44,673 angler-hours from April 1 to September 30, 2013 on surveyed streams
- 9.0% harvest rate for brown trout
- 36.5% harvest rate for rainbow trout
- 12.9% harvest rate for brook trout