Minnesota Steelheader

Did you know trout and salmon can be caught year round off the shore of lake Superior? Register for our Winter Shore Casting Clinic to learn more. Date:  Saturday, February 25th, 2017 Time:  8am - 10am Location:    French River- North Shore, Lake Superior* What is the Winter Shore casting clinic? This clinic is aimed to teach anglers the fundamentals of shore casting the breaks, beaches and shore of Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreline. The clinic focuses on steelhead and kamloops rainbow trout, but will also touch on some other available species. Due to unpredictable weather, the clinic will be conducted indoors.  We will cover everything you will need to know to get started on your next adventure.  All participants are encouraged to bring their fishing gear. If weather permits, anglers can put their new skills to the test after the clinic.  The lake will only be a snowba...

    The use of fin clipping is a management tool widely used throughout the Great Lakes, and clips are used extensively in Minnesota's rainbow trout management program.     Each unique combination of clips help fisheries technicians as well as anglers to determine whether a fish is stocked or wild, the strain of rainbow trout stocked, the stocking location, potentially the age, and whether or not an angler can legally harvest the fish.     In Minnesota's portion of Lake Superior and its tributaries below the posted upstream boundary , only rainbow trout over 16 inches with a healed adipose clip may be harvested. The adipose fin is that big fleshy fin located on the back of the fish between the dorsal fin and tail. It is worth noting that while clipped fins do sometimes partially regrow, the adipose fin does not. If you are in doubt, CPR.     Other programs such as Wisconsin's continue to code fin clips using a letter designation from the ...