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97C.395

Statute ID: 8592

Statute Function ID: 21073

Fishing-Open Season

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Statute Number:

97C.395

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1986

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fishing-Open Season

Statute ID:

8592

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 9, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Fishing-Open Season

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97C/395.html

Legislative Session:

2005 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 17, 2025

Subdivision 1.
(a) The open seasons to take fish by angling are as follows:

(1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through the last Sunday in February;

(2) for lake trout, from January 1 to through October 31;

(3) for the winter season for lake trout, brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on all lakes located outside or partially within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 15 through March 31;

(4) for the winter season for lake trout, brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on all lakes located entirely within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 1 through March 31;

(5) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 through October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section 97C.415, subdivision 2; and

(6) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.

(b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.