Use a lake map as a guide to avoid shallow areas and watch for obstructions. For public water access maps, state water trail maps and boating information, go to the DNR's public water access webpage.

In a news release, the DNR said a property owner contacted the DNR after finding a zebra mussel attached to a native mussel in Union Lake. DNR staff found more than 15 zebra mussels near the ...

The DNR will start doing more survey work this October to see if it can find more populations of lake-spawning trout. ©2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune.

DNR says Minnesota’s longtime 6-walleye limit is headed for extinction The agency is forging ahead with a rule-making process that would drop the statewide daily bag limit to four starting in 2026 ...

Minnesota DNR extends looser walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake for ice anglers ST. PAUL, Minn. — Anglers on central Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake will be able to fill their livewells with a bit ...

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the nuisance mollusks were first detected in August 2023, when one adult zebra mussel was found by DNR staff working with native mussels.

The DNR encourages people with thoughts on the future management of a lake scheduled for a 2025 plan update to call or email the area fisheries office listed for that lake before March 31.

Salt Lake is located on the Minnesota/South Dakota border. “It’s very special,” Kurt Vascek with the Minnesota DNR said. “It’s the only salt lake in Minnesota.

Fisheries biologists and volunteers survey walleye size during a spawning run. The Minnesota DNR is reworking management plans for more than 100 lakes in 2024 and public input is invited in February.

Then they saw it, floating in the water: spawning brook trout. “It’s incredible,” said Cory Goldsworthy, the Lake Superior fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Jul. 15—ST. PAUL — Zebra mussels have been confirmed in Union Lake near Erskine, Minnesota, in Polk County, the Department of Natural Resources said Monday, July 15. The invasive mussels also ...