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Fishing Minnesota

EZFishing brings you Minnesota's most comprehensive list of fishing locations, providing interactive maps that show each location's GPS coordinates, nearby facilities (like restaurants, gas stations, marinas and fishing shops), their current and forecasted weather and, if available, their water conditions.

Registered users can rate fishing locations, post their personal/public notes and also tag them with information about fish species generally caught there as well as the most common and effective fishing techniques.

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Find any of the 10042 locations currently available in EZFishing database, to check fishing reports, maps, directions, weather and water conditions.

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Minnesota Fishing Resources

Fishing regulations and licensing, guides/outfitter services and local fishing clubs in Minnesota.

Minnesota Fishing Regulations

Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Minnesota?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.


Minnesota Fishing License

Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are. Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.

Here it is where you can get your fishing license.


Links to Minnesota Government Agencies

Here are a few websites of Minnesota's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.

Minnesota Fishing News

Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Minnesota.

  • Minnesota DNR re-evaluates Lake Superior rainbow stocking
  • The fish is a 6- or 7-pound male, sleek of body, long of jaw, silver with a blush of rose down its flank. A gorgeous fish. In the soft peach light of dawn, the angler lays the fish behind a piece of driftwood and goes back to his fishing.
  • Duluth News Tribune
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  • 3/18/2012 6:21:17 AM
  • Michelle Obama talks to Minnesota military families
  • ST. PAUL — Michelle Obama praised Minnesota and its efforts to help military families during a stop at the state’s Air National Guard base on Friday. During her visit, the first lady held a round table discussion with local military family ...
  • Albert Lea Tribune
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  • 3/18/2012 5:31:10 AM
  • Women's Frozen Four: Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
  • Fast fact:WCHA rivals Minnesota and Wisconsin have met one other time in the championship game, with the Badgers snapping the Gophers’ bid for a third straight title with a 3-0 victory in 2006.
  • Duluth News Tribune
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  • 3/17/2012 11:18:56 PM
  • Longer-than-guideline sentence sought in alleged theft at Minnesota Power
  • The St. Louis County Attorney’s Office will seek a longer-than-guideline sentence for a former Minnesota Power official accused of stealing from the company, but the statute of limitations on the crime has reduced the total amount of alleged theft.
  • Duluth News Tribune
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  • 3/17/2012 8:45:38 AM
  • Minnesota tops Cornell 3-1 to move to title game
  • DULUTH, Minn. -- Amanda Kessel had a goal and two assists to lead Minnesota to a 3-1 victory over Cornell 3-1 on Friday night in the NCAA women's hockey semifinals. Kessel is the sister of Toronto Maple Leafs star Phil Kessel, a former Minnesota player.
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  • 3/17/2012 6:08:09 AM
  • WCHA women's roundup: Minnesota tops Cornell 3-1 to move to title game
  • DULUTH — Amanda Kessel had a goal and two assists to lead Minnesota to a 3-1 victory over Cornell 3-1 on Friday night in the NCAA women’s hockey semifinals. Kessel is the sister of Toronto Maple Leafs star Phil Kessel, a former Minnesota player.
  • St. Cloud Times
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  • 3/16/2012 10:22:52 PM
  • Capital Chatter: Bud Grant scores big with Minnesota senators
  • But the most entertaining episode probably was an unannounced appearance by a Minnesota football legend, former Vikings coach Bud Grant, urging lawmakers to raise hunting and fishing license fees to fund programs related to those activities.
  • Worthington Daily Globe
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  • 3/16/2012 8:28:20 PM
  • North Dakota storms back to beat Minnesota 6-3
  • ST. PAUL, Minn. - Mario Lamoureux scored twice during a five-goal third period for North Dakota, and the Fighting Sioux snapped back to stun Minnesota 6-3 Friday in the WCHA semifinals. Michael Parks and Brock Nelson scored 30 seconds apart to tie the game
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  • 3/16/2012 7:59:42 PM
  • Prosecution seeks stiff sentence for Minnesota Power ex-official
  • The St. Louis County Attorney’s Office will seek a longer than guideline sentence for a former Minnesota Power official accused of stealing from the company, but the statute of limitations on the crime has reduced the total amount of alleged theft.
  • Duluth News Tribune
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  • 3/16/2012 7:09:35 PM
  • Mysterious, exploding poop substance killing Minnesota pigs
  • Thing is, farmers had never encountered the poop foam until about five years ago. What it is, and why it forms, remains a mystery -- one that University of Minnesota researchers hope to crack soon. Chuck Clanton, a bioproducts and biosystems engineering ..
  • Minneapolis City Pages (blog)
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  • 3/16/2012 12:57:21 PM
  • Editorial: Paying a little to get a lot in Minnesota's outdoors
  • When Minnesota was going through yet another ... that would raise the cost of many hunting and fishing licenses in Minnesota. Or maybe it's because the DNR projects that Minnesota’s Game and Fish Fund will be in the red by the summer of 2013 if not ...
  • Crookston Daily Times
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  • 3/16/2012 12:35:53 PM
  • Timber Trails bus to collect food items for pantry
  • A Timber Trails Public Transit bus will be parked outside of Teals Market in Milaca Thursday, March 22, from noon until 6 p.m. Food items will be collected and donated to the Milaca Area Pantry. Timber Trails  has sponsored this event for ...
  • Mille Lacs County Times
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  • 3/16/2012 9:29:46 AM
  • Irish band Ring of Kerry coming to Cambridge
  • Seating is first come, first serve and no tickets are required. This program is fund in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
  • ECM Post Review
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  • 3/16/2012 8:53:58 AM
  • Minnesota Nice’ on display at Rays-Twins spring game
  • But first, a comment about the “Minnesota Nice” we all hear about regularly ... He also got badly sunburned the day before while fishing for tarpon in the Caloosahatchee River. It’s only four weeks until the home opener with Albert ...
  • Mille Lacs County Times
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  • 3/16/2012 8:25:20 AM
  • Huntley says he'll run for 11th term in Minnesota House
  • Tom Huntley, who has represented the eastern part of Duluth in the state legislature since 1993, announced Friday morning that he’ll seek his 11th term. The boundaries of the DFL representative’s district changed little when the state ...
  • Duluth News Tribune
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  • 3/16/2012 6:59:26 AM
  • University of Minnesota launches online Ojibwe dictionary
  • In addition to the historical society, the dictionary uses photographs from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Funding come from Minnesota’s Historical and Cultural Heritage ...
  • Duluth News Tribune
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  • 3/16/2012 5:55:01 AM
  • Students seek end to Minnesota legislature drunk-driving immunity
  • In Minnesota, legislators get what some deem a “get out of jail free” card protecting them from arrest for certain crimes. Some students from Concordia University in St. Paul were not happy when they discovered that legislative immunity ...
  • DL-Online
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  • 3/16/2012 5:47:51 AM
  • Book Report: Another delightful young narrator in new book
  • Callie Lindstrom lives in a small southwestern Minnesota town called Masterton with her mom ... On top of that there are two attempted murders as Callie grows into young womanhood, fishing for sunnies alongside her father, a replacement for ...
  • ABC Newspapers
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  • 3/16/2012 5:04:54 AM
  • Newcomers say Minnesota ‘nice,’ but not warm
  • Shaefer’s experience is a common one. Minnesotans may take pride in their reputation for friendliness, and the catchphrase “Minnesota Nice” has become something of a cultural motto. Newcomers, however, say it can be hard to adjust to the state.
  • Bemidji Pioneer
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  • 3/15/2012 11:35:38 PM

Minnesota Guides/Outfitters

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Minnesota Fishing Clubs

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Minnesota Weather

Saint Paul, MN (55107)

Updated on 06:28 AM

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66°F 

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Wind:180° 8 Kt
Humidity:52% 
Dew Point:48°F
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