Brook trout
Brook trout are native to Minnesota. You'll find them in streams along the North Shore and in the clean, cold headwaters of southeastern Minnesota trout streams.
Brown trout
Rainbow trout
Southeastern Minnesota has mostly brown trout, native to Germany, and rainbow trout, native to the western United States. Both varieties were introduced to Minnesota in the late 1800s.
Stream reports
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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