Minnesota Trout Unlimited

Protect • Reconnect • Restore • Sustain

OUR MISSION

Minnesota Trout Unlimited represents several thousand members and five chapters in Minnesota. Its mission is to conserve, protect, restore, and sustain Minnesota’s cold water fisheries and their watersheds.

91 Miles of Trout Streams Restored

82 Projects

5 Chapters

WHAT WE DO

MNTU believes that a strong community of anglers, conservation organizations and businesses working together and engaging with the resource is key to maintaining the waters we care about. Together MNTU has restored over 82 miles of trout streams. Aside from habitat work, MNTU believes strongly in engaging the community through youth and adult fishing and education programs.

About Us

Habitat Improvement

Our Publication

Advocacy

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Help Out Your Local Waters

MNTU carries out habitat improvement projects around the state thanks to funding from Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund and other sources. Check out the chapter news section within our publication or contact your chapter directly to find out when the next volunteer opportunity will be taking place.

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HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS

Hay Creek

Years of ongoing habitat work have shaped a stream that provides miles of quality public fishing opportunities close to the Twin Cities Metro area.

Straight River

A northwest MN river featuring massive brown trout, historic mayfly hatches and creative habitat work including helicopter tree drops.

Little Stewart River

A key spawning tributary for steelhead and other anadromous fish, restoration work benefits fish in the river as well as in Lake Superior.

Sucker River

Diverse habitat improvement for steelhead, brown trout and native brook trout on a Lake Superior tributary near Duluth, MN.

Some major issues affecting sustained health of Minnesota’s coldwater fisheries

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Save Trout in the Classroom – call your Legislators

The Legislature now looks disturbingly close to ending its session without passing a LCCMR appropriation bill. If it fails to act...

Save Trout in the Classroom – call your Senator!

The Trout in the Classroom program - now in 60 schools around MN - will be forced to end on June...

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Minnesota’s Driftless Area Trout Streams open for Catch and Release fishing tomorrow!Here are Tom Rosenbauer’s winter trout fishing tips:howtoflyfish.orvis.com/how-to-articles/trout-fishing-articles/tips-for-winter-trout ... See MoreSee Less

Tips for Winter Trout | Trout Fishing Articles | How To Articles & Stories

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Tom Rosenbauer concentrates on a small Vermont Stream Want to have more success fishing for trout the rest of the winter? Here are some tips and fly suggestions to increase your odds. 1. In winter, tr...