South East Minnesota Trout Streem Map Index

Trout Species Stream Map Number Stream Map Number Stream Map Number The DNR manages for three species of trout in southern Ahrensfeld Creek 5, 8 Girl Scout Camp Creek 2 Rupprecht Creek 8 Minnesota streams: brook, brown, and rainbow trout. Goetzinger Tributary 3 Rush Creek 5,8 Of the three, only brook trout are native to Minnesota. Badger Creek 3, 6 Gorman Creek 12 Brook trout thrive in smaller streams of good water Ball Park Tributary 3 Gribben Creek 2, 5 Schueler Creek 5 quality, occupying shallow pools and riffles. In large Bear Creek 8 Second Creek 15 and medium sized streams you will find them near the Beaver Creek 3, 6 Hallum Creek 2 Shady Creek 4 headwaters. Brook trout are very aggressive and relatively Beaver Creek (Whitewater) 12 Hamilton Creek 4 Silver Creek 6 easy to catch. They are normally smaller than brown and Bee Creek 3 Hammond Creek 11 Snake Creek 12 rainbow trout, rarely exceeding 12–14 inches long. Their Belle Creek 14 Hay Creek 14 South Branch Root River 1, 2, 5 vulnerability to angling and competition from brown trout Berg Creek 3 Helbig Creek 12 South Branch Whitewater River 8 may limit populations in southeast Minnesota. Big Springs Creek 5 Hemmingway Creek 5 South Fork Crooked Creek 3 Borson Springs 5 Kedron Creek 4 South Fork Pine Creek 6 Brown trout were introduced from Europe in the early Brush Valley Creek 6 Kinney Creek 4, 7 South Fork Root River * 2 1900s and are now considered “naturalized” because they Bullard Creek 14 Speltz Creek 8, 12 reproduce in many streams. The DNR stocks fingerlings Butterfield Creek 6 Larsons Creek 3 Spring Brook 13 (2–4 inch fish) in streams with poor or no natural Little Cannon River 13 Spring Creek 11, 15 reproduction. Brown trout can tolerate somewhat warmer Camp Creek 1, 2 Little Jordan Creek 4 Spring Creek 14 temperatures than brook trout, and prefer temperatures less Camp Hayward Creek 5 Little Pickwick Creek 9 Spring Valley Creek 1,4 than about 68 degrees Fahrenheit to thrive. Brown trout Campbell Creek 6 Logan Creek 8 Stockton Valley Creek 8, 9 usually grow larger than brook trout, occasionally reaching Canfield Creek 1 Long Creek 11 Storer Creek 6 30 inches; brown trout up to 12 inches are common in Cedar Valley Creek 9 Lost Creek * 4 Straight Creek 8 southern Minnesota. Their abundance and size make brown Chickentown Creek 2 Lynch Creek * 4, 5 Sullivan Creek 3, 6 trout the most common and sought after trout in southern Clear Creek 14 Swede Bottom Creek 6 Minnesota streams. Cold Spring Brook 11 Mahoods Creek 4 Rainbow trout, introduced from the western United Coolridge Creek 5 Maple Creek 2 Thompson Creek 6 States, do not usually reproduce in southern Minnesota Corey Creek 6 Mazeppa Creek 11 Torkelson Creek 5 streams. Most rainbows caught in southern Minnesota are Crooked Creek 3 Middle Branch Rollingstone Creek 8 Trib 5 to Crooked Creek 3 raised in a hatchery to about 9–12 inches and stocked in Crystal Creek (Fillmore Co.) 1 Middle Branch Root River 4 Trout Brook 14, 16 area streams and ponds (a few streams are stocked with Crystal Creek (Houston Co.) 6 Middle Branch Whitewater River 8 Trout Brook Creek 15 rainbow trout fingerlings). Streams are typically stocked in Middle Creek 11 Trout Ponds Creek 6 the spring and summer. Some of the heavily fished areas Dakota Creek 9 Mill Creek 4 Trout Run Creek (Fillmore Co.) 5 are stocked more frequently. Daley Creek 6 Miller Creek 15 Trout Run Creek (Winona Co.) 8 Trout Valley Creek Brook trout Deering Valley Creek 12 Miller Valley Creek 9 12 MORE ABOUT Diamond Creek 5 Money Creek 9 BROOK TROUT Duschee Creek 2, 5 Vermillion River 16 Most of the native brook Brown trout Nepstad Creek 2 trout populations were East Beaver Creek 3 New Yorker Hollow 3 Vesta Creek 2 lost after European East Indian Creek 12 Newburg Creek 2 settlement due to habitat Eitzen Creek 3 North Branch Whitewater River 7, 8, 11, 12 Watson Creek 1, 5 loss and degradation from Rainbow trout logging and agriculture. Etna Creek * 1 North Fork Zumbro River 10, 11 West Beaver Creek 3 Most of the brook trout West Branch Money Creek 9 populations present in Ferguson Creek 5 Partridge Creek 2 West Burns Valley Creek 9 southeastern Minnesota Ferndale Creek 6 Pickwick Creek 9 West Indian Creek 11, 12 of these fish are stocked at today were reestablished Forestville Creek 1 Pine Creek 5 Whitewater River 8, 12 through stocking, and three inches in length and are are now self-sustaining. often reproducing the next Foster Arend Pond 7 Pine Creek (New Hartford) 6 Wildcat Creek 3 In the mid-1990s, brook year in some streams. The Frego Creek 2 Pleasant Valley Creek 9 Willow Creek 1 trout from two southeast DNR is currently examining Rice Creek 4, 5 Winnebago Creek 3 Minnesota populations were the genetic makeup of Garvin Brook 8 Riceford Creek 2 Wisel Creek 2

captured and spawned to Minnesota’s brook trout �� Gernander Creek 6 Riceford Sportsman’s Park Pond 2 �� in order to make better �� establish wild broodstock �� Gilbert Creek 15 Rollingstone Creek 8 �� at Crystal Springs State decisions for their future �� management. Rose Valley Creek 6 �� Gilmore Creek 9 �� Fish Hatchery. Progeny �� Fish illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri. * New Aquatic Management Areas include easements and state ownership. Trout Species Stream Map Number Stream Map Number Stream Map Number The DNR manages for three species of trout in southern Ahrensfeld Creek 5, 8 Girl Scout Camp Creek 2 Rupprecht Creek 8 Minnesota streams: brook, brown, and rainbow trout. Goetzinger Tributary 3 Rush Creek 5,8 Of the three, only brook trout are native to Minnesota. Badger Creek 3, 6 Gorman Creek 12 Brook trout thrive in smaller streams of good water Ball Park Tributary 3 Gribben Creek 2, 5 Schueler Creek 5 quality, occupying shallow pools and riffles. In large Bear Creek 8 Second Creek 15 and medium sized streams you will find them near the Beaver Creek 3, 6 Hallum Creek 2 Shady Creek 4 headwaters. Brook trout are very aggressive and relatively Beaver Creek (Whitewater) 12 Hamilton Creek 4 Silver Creek 6 easy to catch. They are normally smaller than brown and Bee Creek 3 Hammond Creek 11 Snake Creek 12 rainbow trout, rarely exceeding 12–14 inches long. Their Belle Creek 14 Hay Creek 14 South Branch Root River 1, 2, 5 vulnerability to angling and competition from brown trout Berg Creek 3 Helbig Creek 12 South Branch Whitewater River 8 may limit populations in southeast Minnesota. Big Springs Creek 5 Hemmingway Creek 5 South Fork Crooked Creek 3 Borson Springs 5 Kedron Creek 4 South Fork Pine Creek 6 Brown trout were introduced from Europe in the early Brush Valley Creek 6 Kinney Creek 4, 7 South Fork Root River * 2 1900s and are now considered “naturalized” because they Bullard Creek 14 Speltz Creek 8, 12 reproduce in many streams. The DNR stocks fingerlings Butterfield Creek 6 Larsons Creek 3 Spring Brook 13 (2–4 inch fish) in streams with poor or no natural Little Cannon River 13 Spring Creek 11, 15 reproduction. Brown trout can tolerate somewhat warmer Camp Creek 1, 2 Little Jordan Creek 4 Spring Creek 14 temperatures than brook trout, and prefer temperatures less Camp Hayward Creek 5 Little Pickwick Creek 9 Spring Valley Creek 1,4 than about 68 degrees Fahrenheit to thrive. Brown trout Campbell Creek 6 Logan Creek 8 Stockton Valley Creek 8, 9 usually grow larger than brook trout, occasionally reaching Canfield Creek 1 Long Creek 11 Storer Creek 6 30 inches; brown trout up to 12 inches are common in Cedar Valley Creek 9 Lost Creek * 4 Straight Creek 8 southern Minnesota. Their abundance and size make brown Chickentown Creek 2 Lynch Creek * 4, 5 Sullivan Creek 3, 6 trout the most common and sought after trout in southern Clear Creek 14 Swede Bottom Creek 6 Minnesota streams. Cold Spring Brook 11 Mahoods Creek 4 Rainbow trout, introduced from the western United Coolridge Creek 5 Maple Creek 2 Thompson Creek 6 States, do not usually reproduce in southern Minnesota Corey Creek 6 Mazeppa Creek 11 Torkelson Creek 5 streams. Most rainbows caught in southern Minnesota are Crooked Creek 3 Middle Branch Rollingstone Creek 8 Trib 5 to Crooked Creek 3 raised in a hatchery to about 9–12 inches and stocked in Crystal Creek (Fillmore Co.) 1 Middle Branch Root River 4 Trout Brook 14, 16 area streams and ponds (a few streams are stocked with Crystal Creek (Houston Co.) 6 Middle Branch Whitewater River 8 Trout Brook Creek 15 rainbow trout fingerlings). Streams are typically stocked in Middle Creek 11 Trout Ponds Creek 6 the spring and summer. Some of the heavily fished areas Dakota Creek 9 Mill Creek 4 Trout Run Creek (Fillmore Co.) 5 are stocked more frequently. Daley Creek 6 Miller Creek 15 Trout Run Creek (Winona Co.) 8 Trout Valley Creek Brook trout Deering Valley Creek 12 Miller Valley Creek 9 12 MORE ABOUT Diamond Creek 5 Money Creek 9 BROOK TROUT Duschee Creek 2, 5 Vermillion River 16 Most of the native brook Brown trout Nepstad Creek 2 trout populations were East Beaver Creek 3 New Yorker Hollow 3 Vesta Creek 2 lost after European East Indian Creek 12 Newburg Creek 2 settlement due to habitat Eitzen Creek 3 North Branch Whitewater River 7, 8, 11, 12 Watson Creek 1, 5 loss and degradation from Rainbow trout logging and agriculture. Etna Creek * 1 North Fork Zumbro River 10, 11 West Beaver Creek 3 Most of the brook trout West Branch Money Creek 9 populations present in Ferguson Creek 5 Partridge Creek 2 West Burns Valley Creek 9 southeastern Minnesota Ferndale Creek 6 Pickwick Creek 9 West Indian Creek 11, 12 of these fish are stocked at today were reestablished Forestville Creek 1 Pine Creek 5 Whitewater River 8, 12 through stocking, and three inches in length and are are now self-sustaining. often reproducing the next Foster Arend Pond 7 Pine Creek (New Hartford) 6 Wildcat Creek 3 In the mid-1990s, brook year in some streams. The Frego Creek 2 Pleasant Valley Creek 9 Willow Creek 1 trout from two southeast DNR is currently examining Rice Creek 4, 5 Winnebago Creek 3 Minnesota populations were the genetic makeup of Garvin Brook 8 Riceford Creek 2 Wisel Creek 2