Minnesota’s stream trout forecast: high water, but fishable for opener

Juan Gomez is obsessed with fishing, stream-trout fishing in particular. Just listen to him rhapsodize about the winding waterways he grew up fishing in the Driftless Area of southeast Minnesota.
“It’s listening to the creek’s babbling and the sounds of nature around me,” said the 33-year-old spin fisherman from Chatfield. “I love it… because I can read the water, calculate my casts based on where I think the fish are and know that a smart trout won’t give me a second chance if I miss a strike. It keeps bringing me back because these are the waters where I grew up fishing.”