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Chapter 97C
Section 97C.395
Recent History
- 2025 97C.395 Amended 2025 c 1 art 4 s 14
- 2024 97C.395 Amended 2024 c 116 art 3 s 44
- 2024 Subd. 2 Amended 2024 c 90 art 2 s 33
- 2023 Subd. 1 Amended 2023 c 60 art 4 s 70
- 2019 Subd. 2 Amended 2019 c 4 art 3 s 73
- 2012 Subd. 1 Amended 2012 c 277 art 1 s 75
- 2009 Subd. 1 Amended 2009 c 176 art 2 s 63
- 2008 Subd. 1 Amended 2008 c 368 art 2 s 67
- 2005 Subd. 1 Amended 2005 c 146 s 46
- 1995 Subd. 1 Amended 1995 c 1 s 42
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
97C.395 OPEN SEASONS FOR ANGLING.
Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by angling
are as follows:
(1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass,
the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to the last Sunday in
February;
(2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
(3) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to October 31
as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section97C.415, subdivision
2 ; and
(4) 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.
Subd. 2. Continuous season for certain species. For sunfish, white crappie, black crappie,
yellow perch, catfish, rock bass, white bass, lake whitefish, and rough fish, the open season is
continuous.
History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 41; 1989 c 242 s 2; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 42; 2005
c 146 s 46
Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by angling
are as follows:
(1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass,
the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to the last Sunday in
February;
(2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
(3) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to October 31
as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section
2
(4) 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.
Subd. 2. Continuous season for certain species. For sunfish, white crappie, black crappie,
yellow perch, catfish, rock bass, white bass, lake whitefish, and rough fish, the open season is
continuous.
History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 41; 1989 c 242 s 2; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 42; 2005
c 146 s 46
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