5,493 -- Fishable lakes
158 -- Fish species
3.8 million acres
Fishing waters
15,000 miles
Fishable streams (cold and warm water)
1,900 miles
Trout streams
Minnesota fishing: By the numbers
May 12, 2010 at 1:00AM
250 million
Average number of walleye fry stocked per year
2.5 million
Walleye fingerlings
50,000
Walleye yearlings
30,000
Walleye adults
1.2 million
Northern (fry, fingerlings and adults)
30,000
Muskies (fingerlings)
7,500
Largemouth bass (fingerlings and adults)
100,000
Channel catfish
(fingerlings and yearlings)
40,000
Bluegill (adults)
2,000
Tiger muskie
(fingerlings)
2.3 million
Trout (fingerlings and yearlings)
35 million pounds
Walleye harvest
(annual average)
3.2 million pounds
Northern pike
harvest
64 million pounds
Panfish harvest
1.4 million
Fishing licenses sold in 2009
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