🎣 Fishing on public land in Minnesota

215 public places in Minnesota are listed for fishing (149 state & public land, 62 state forests, 3 national forests, 1 national parks). 4 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A Minnesota hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🌲 Superior National Forest / Boundary Watersfree
🏞️ Voyageurs National Parkfree
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🗺️ Agassiz Beachline WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Agassiz WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Anderson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Audubon WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Badoura State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barker WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Battleground State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bay Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bear Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Beltrami Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Belwin ConservancyUnknown — check official site
🌲 Big Fork State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island Nature ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Mantrap WMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Birch Lakes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bjerkevedt WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Blackduck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boundary Waters Canoe Area WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bowstring State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bucks Mill AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Buena Vista State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bunker Hills Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Burntside State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Butterwort Cliffs SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canthook Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cardinal Creek Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carpenter Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🌲 Centennial State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chanhassen Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chengwatana State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chippewa National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chisago Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cloquet Valley State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Crow Wing State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crystal Spring Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 D.A.R. State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Daniels Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Drag Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Emily State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Erskine Complex WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falls Creek Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Felton Prairie SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ferndale MarshFee charged — check official site
🌲 Finland State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flickertail Prairie WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Florida Creek WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Fond Du Lac State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Foot Hills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Foothills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foxborough Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Franconia Bluffs Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fungus Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 General C.C. Andrews State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 George Washington State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Golden Anniversary State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grand Portage National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🌲 Grand Portage State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grey Cloud Dunes SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hairy Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hastings SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hill River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hintermeister WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hitterdal WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holte WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Humpback Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Huntersville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Insula Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Islands of Peace County ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jackson County Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ James A. Brown Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Julsrud WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Kabetogama State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Kabetogama State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kasin WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kenyon WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Koochiching State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kurfin WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ La Verendrye Provincial ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake Isabella State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake Jeanette State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Minnetonka Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Susan PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake of the Woods State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Land O'Lakes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lawrence Creek Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lee Marshes WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lengby WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lillemoen WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lost River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lutsen SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lyons State ForestUnknown — check official site
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🗺️ McKnight PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mississippi Headwaters State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mississippi West Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mud Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mugwump Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nelson Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nelson Prairie WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nemadji State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nicholson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Noerenberg GardensUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Noreen WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWRUnknown — check official site
🌲 Northwest Angle State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orchard Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pat Bayle State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Paul Bunyan State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pembina Trail SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pillsbury State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Bend Bluff SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pine Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pitfall Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Quail Meadows GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Raven Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Red Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Remer State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Creek Chain of Lakes ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Creek North Regional Trail CorridorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Marsh Lake Park PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richard M. and Mathilde Rice Elliot SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ridgeway WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Riverlands State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rotary Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Rum River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rushfeldt WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Sand Dunes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Savanna State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Severson Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Smokey Bear State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Smoky Hills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Snake River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Solana State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spider Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spink WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 St. Croix State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stowe Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Sturgeon River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sugarloaf Cove Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sugarloaf Point State Natural Areafree
🗺️ Sundial Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sunrise Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Superior National Forestfree
🗺️ Supplement UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swanson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tamarac WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tatlie Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Marsh ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tick Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Two Inlets State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vermillion River AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Waukenabo State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Wealthwood State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weasel Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weeny Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Welsh Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Whiskey Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 White Earth State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Whiteface River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Winger WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodbury Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Zickur WPAUnknown — check official site

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