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97C.395.1
Statute ID:
20252
Statute Function ID:
40302
Fish and Game - Open Season for Angling
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Statute Number:
97C.395.1
Enactment Date:
Jun 14, 2025
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2025
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Open Season for Angling
Statute ID:
20252
Created:
Jun 17, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jun 17, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended 2025 SS1 Art4 Sec14;
Summary Text:
Fish and Game - Open Season for Angling
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/97C/395.html
Legislative Session:
2025 - Special 1
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jun 17, 2025
(a) The open seasons to take fish by angling are as follows: (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, and muskellunge, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through the last Sunday in February; (2) for brown trout, brook trout, lake 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 (3) 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.
