Current Conditions For Southeast Minnesota
16 January 2012:
I've been out three times since the New Year, and fishing has been exceptional. The mild winter weather has certainly made catching much easier than normal. Yesterday was a little tougher with some consistent wind and shelf ice. Medium to larger sized Driftless creeks can have a tendency to develop shelf ice during stretches of cold weather. Once it warms up a bit, all that ice begins to crack and drift away, making fishing that much more challenging.
A few reminders; Catch-and-release, barbless hooks. Stay off the redds (just stay out of the water in general). There are some very specific streams and boundaries for the winter season: Stream Regulations. Please turn in poachers and anglers who are not following the rules (like fishing outside the boundaries).
Stream Conditions: Minnesota DNR