04-27-2007, 03:01 AM
[black][size 2]Looking for a place to fish? Let the DNR help (2007-04-24)[/size][/black]
With more than 5,400 game fish lakes and 15,000 miles of fishable streams and rivers in Minnesota, anglers have seemingly endless places to fish.
Finding fishing opportunities is easier today than ever thanks to maps and online fishing information provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
“We have an incredible public fishing resource in Minnesota,” said Ron Payer, DNR fisheries section chief. “To help anglers take advantage of this, the DNR has produced a number of publications that show public access points, shore fishing opportunities and accessible fishing piers."
One of the most comprehensive sources of fishing information is available on the DNR’s Web site. By clicking the Lake Finder button on the DNR home page at [url "http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/index.html"]www.dnr.state.mn.us[/url] anglers can find maps and information about fish populations, stocking and more.
For information on lakes or rivers in a specific area, anglers might consider using the recreation compass feature, also on the DNR home page. This map-based feature allows anglers to click on a lake or stream and pull up maps, stocking information, water levels and more.
Another source for fishing information is the DNR’s Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM). The set of 51 separate maps identify a wide variety of federal, state and county lands available for other public recreation activities such as hunting, camping, hiking and boating.
The maps also provide anglers with information about the types of boat ramps (concrete, gravel, earth or metal), available parking spaces, fish species and contact information for each site. In addition to angling opportunities, more specifically, PRIM locates campgrounds, trails, forests, parks, wildlife management areas and refuges, natural and scientific areas and much more.
PRIM maps which cost $5.95, are available from the DNR gift shop, Minnesota's Bookstore, and several sporting goods and map stores around the state. They can also be purchased online at [/url][url "http://www.comm.media.state.mn.us/bookstore/category.asp?category=F5&CatID=30"]minnesota bookstore[/url].
The DNR also recently produced two map books that highlight trout streams, lakes and public fishing opportunities in northeast and southeast areas of the state. The northeast map book is new. The southeast book has been updated from a 2005 edition.
Additional DNR trout guides include the ‘North Shore Fishing Guide’, a foldout map that shows trout and salmon fishing opportunities in Lake Superior and its tributaries and ‘A Guide to Lakes Managed for Stream Trout,’ which contains directions to lakes in northeastern Minnesota that are stocked with stream trout.
Trout map books and guides are available by calling (651) 296-6157 or toll free 1-888-MINNDNR (646-6367).[/url]
© 2007 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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With more than 5,400 game fish lakes and 15,000 miles of fishable streams and rivers in Minnesota, anglers have seemingly endless places to fish.
Finding fishing opportunities is easier today than ever thanks to maps and online fishing information provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
“We have an incredible public fishing resource in Minnesota,” said Ron Payer, DNR fisheries section chief. “To help anglers take advantage of this, the DNR has produced a number of publications that show public access points, shore fishing opportunities and accessible fishing piers."
One of the most comprehensive sources of fishing information is available on the DNR’s Web site. By clicking the Lake Finder button on the DNR home page at [url "http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/index.html"]www.dnr.state.mn.us[/url] anglers can find maps and information about fish populations, stocking and more.
For information on lakes or rivers in a specific area, anglers might consider using the recreation compass feature, also on the DNR home page. This map-based feature allows anglers to click on a lake or stream and pull up maps, stocking information, water levels and more.
Another source for fishing information is the DNR’s Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM). The set of 51 separate maps identify a wide variety of federal, state and county lands available for other public recreation activities such as hunting, camping, hiking and boating.
The maps also provide anglers with information about the types of boat ramps (concrete, gravel, earth or metal), available parking spaces, fish species and contact information for each site. In addition to angling opportunities, more specifically, PRIM locates campgrounds, trails, forests, parks, wildlife management areas and refuges, natural and scientific areas and much more.
PRIM maps which cost $5.95, are available from the DNR gift shop, Minnesota's Bookstore, and several sporting goods and map stores around the state. They can also be purchased online at [/url][url "http://www.comm.media.state.mn.us/bookstore/category.asp?category=F5&CatID=30"]minnesota bookstore[/url].
The DNR also recently produced two map books that highlight trout streams, lakes and public fishing opportunities in northeast and southeast areas of the state. The northeast map book is new. The southeast book has been updated from a 2005 edition.
Additional DNR trout guides include the ‘North Shore Fishing Guide’, a foldout map that shows trout and salmon fishing opportunities in Lake Superior and its tributaries and ‘A Guide to Lakes Managed for Stream Trout,’ which contains directions to lakes in northeastern Minnesota that are stocked with stream trout.
Trout map books and guides are available by calling (651) 296-6157 or toll free 1-888-MINNDNR (646-6367).[/url]
© 2007 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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