For the first time in history, the Minnesota DNR is planning to use lake trout from Lake Superior as broodstock to meet stocking quotas on inland lakes in northern Minnesota.
If disease testing checks out, the new stocking regimen will start in fall 2025.
“It’s a really great rehabilitation story, going from almost extirpation of lake trout from Lake Superior in the 1950s to now using it as a source for inland stocking throughout Minnesota,” said Cory Goldsworthy, Lake Superior area fisheries supervisor for the Minnesota DNR.
This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here. If you are not and would like to read this and all the other great content OutdoorNews.com has to offer, click here.