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Weiss: Hatcheries a boon to the big business of fishing in Minnesota
The DNR has 15 hatcheries spread out across Minnesota. Four of them are for coldwater species only and three of those are in southeastern Minnesota.
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Rainbow trout swim in a pond in the state’s Lanesboro Fish Hatchery. Thousands of these fish will be stocked soon for the April 17 opening of the regular trout-fishing season. (John Weiss / sports@postbulletin.com)
LANESBORO When you catch that fat rainbow trout April 17, the opener of the regular trout-fishing season, you might want to thank a hatchery because that is where it was reared.