Minnesota regulations
Bluegill (Sunfish) Regulations in Minnesota 2026
Minnesota Bluegill regulations as of 2026-05-08: Daily bag 5 fish/day; Daily bag 10 fish/day; Daily bag 10 fish/day. Sourced from DNR.
Rules (321)
Minnesota statewide
- Gear
- Angling Only
You may use up to 3 artificial flies on 1 fishing line when you are fishing for bass, crappie, rock bass, sunfish, or trout.
Aitkin Lake Including Area Known As Aitkin Flowage
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Amelia Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Andrew Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Andrusia
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Annie Battle Lake Including Inlet To Molly Stark Lake And Outlet To Blanche Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Annie Battle Lake Including Inlet To Molly Stark Lake And Outlet To Blanche Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Arrowhead
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Arrowhead Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Augusta Lake Including Connected Clearwater, Grass, Augusta, Otter, And Caroline Lakes (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Bass Lake Near Cohasset (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Bass Lake Near Underwood (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Basswood Lake (Includes Jackfish, Pipestone, Hoist, And Back Bays)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Basswood Lake (Lake)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Battle Lake (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Bear Creek Reservoir (Chester Woods)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Bear Head Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Bear Lake (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Beauty Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Becker Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Bertha
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Bertha Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Beuber Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Bass Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Floyd Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Lake Creek
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Marine Lake (Washington)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Big Pine Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Big Portage Lake And Connected Rice And Deep Portage Lakes (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Big Rice
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Sandy Lake And Connected Waters (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Trout
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Trout Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Black Bass Lake (Mille Lacs)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Blackduck Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Blackduck Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Blackwater Reservoir Upstream To Highway 6
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Blackwell Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Bolfing Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Borden Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Boy Lake And Connected Swift Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Buck
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Buck Lake Near Burtrum (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Buffalo Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Campbell Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Canada-Minnesota Border Waters
- Daily bag
- 20 fish/day
combined total
Carnelian Lake (Stearns)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Cascade Lake (Cascade Ponds)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Cass
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Cass Chain Including Connecting Waters Wolf, Ose, Andrusia, Big Lake Creek, Mississippi River, Cass, Fox Creek, Pike Bay, Windigo, Buck, Big Rice, Little Rice, Kitchi, Turtle River, And Pug Hole (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Cedar Island Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Cedar Lake North Of Sauk Centre (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Centerville Lake (Anoka)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Clamshell
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Clamshell Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Clear Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Clearwater Lake Including Connected Caroline, Augusta, Grass And Otter Lakes And Connecting Portions Of The Clearwater River (Stearns And Wright)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Crawford Lake (Wright)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Crooked Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crooked Lake And Connected Welsh Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Cross Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Cross Lake And Connected Waters Including The Snake River Under The I-35 Bridges Downstream To The Cross Lake Road/County Road 9 Bridge (Pine)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Cross Lake Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 1st
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 1st Including The Crow Wing River From County Road 109 Upstream To Crown Point Road (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Including The Crow Wing River From County Road 109 Upstream To Crown Point Road (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 2nd
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 2nd Including The Crow Wing River From County Road 109 Upstream To Crown Point Road (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 3rd
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 3rd Including The Crow Wing River From County Road 109 Upstream To Crown Point Road (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 4th
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing Lakes, 4th Including The Crow Wing River From County Road 109 Upstream To Crown Point Road (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crow Wing River From County Road 109 Upstream To Crown Point Road
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crystal Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Cut Foot Sioux Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Dagget
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Dagget Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Dam Brook
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Dam Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Dam Lake And Connected Lily Lake And Dam Brook (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Davis Lake Including Bay Known As Steamboat Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Deer Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Deer Lake Including Otter Tail River (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Deer Lake Near Effie (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Diamond Lake (Kandiyohi)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Dutch Lake (Hennepin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Dyers Lake (Cook)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
East Lost Lake Including Otter Tail River (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
East Twin Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Edward Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Egg Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Elephant Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Elliot Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Eunice Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
First River
- Daily bag
- 5
Fish Lake Near Parkers Prairie (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Fish Lake Near Weetown (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Fish Lake Reservoir (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Fladmark Lake (Otter Tail)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Florida Lake (Kandiyohi)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Flowage Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Foster-Arend Lake
- Possession
- 10 fish
Fox Creek
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Franklin Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Gamehaven Lake (Boy Scout Lake Or Willow Reservoir No. 4)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Garfield Lake (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
George Lake (Kandiyohi)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Gilbert Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Gilchrist Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Gladstone Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Goodrich Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Grave Lake (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Great Northern Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Green Prairie Fish Lake (Morrison County)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Green Prairie Fish Lake (Morrison)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Green Prairie Lake (Morrison)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Grove Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Gull Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Gun Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Half Moon Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Height Of Land Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Horseshoe Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Horseshoe Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Horseshoe Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Horseshoe Lake (Cass) Near Backus
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Horseshoe Lake And Connected Minnewawa Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Hubert Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Indian Lake (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Inguadona Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Inguadona Lake And Connected Rice Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Irene Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Island Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Island Lake Near Deer River (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Island Lake Near Ponto Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Island-Loon
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Island-Loon Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Itasca Lake (Clearwater)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Jay Gould
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Jay Gould Including Little Jay Gould And Blackwater Reservoir Upstream To Highway 6 (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Julia Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Kalmar Reservoir
- Possession
- 10 fish
Kitchi
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Knaus Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Krays Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
La Salle Lake (Hubbard)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Lady Lake Near Grey Eagle (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Leech Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Leven Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Lida Lakes, North
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Lida Lakes, South
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Lida Lakes, South And North, Including Mud Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Lily Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lily Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lily Lake And Connected Long Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lind Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Bowstring Lake (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Cormorant Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Little Jay Gould
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Pine Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Little Pine Lake Including Mud Lake West Of County Hwy 51 And Up To 425th Avenue (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Little Pine Lakes
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Rabbit Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Little Rice
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Sauk Lake (Todd)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Little Splithand Lake (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Sugar Bush Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Toad Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Little Turtle Lake Near Marcell (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Webb Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Long Lake (Todd )
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Long Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Long Lake Including Connected Lily Lake (Todd )
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Long Lake Near Hawick (Kandiyohi)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Long Lake Near Spaulding (Todd County)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Long Lake Near Spaulding (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Possession
- 10 fish
Long Lake Near Vergas (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Long Lake South Of Richmond (Stearns)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Low Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Lower Hay
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lower Hay Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Manor Woods Pond (Country Club Pond)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Maple Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Maple Lake, Upper (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Margaret Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Marion Lake (Dakota)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Martin Lake (Anoka)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Mary Lake (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mary Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Maud Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mazaska Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mazaska Lake (Rice)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Medicine Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Medicine Lake (Hennepin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Middle Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mill Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Minerva Lake (Clearwater)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mink-Somers Lake Near Maple Lake (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Minnewaska Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Minnewawa Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Minnewawa Lake And Connected Horseshoe Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Minnie Belle Lake (Meeker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mission Lakes, Lower
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mission Lakes, Lower And Upper (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mission Lakes, Upper
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mississippi River
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mississippi River From Brainerd Dam Upstream To Highway 6 Including Rice, Little Rabbit, And Half Moon Lakes And Connected Backwaters (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mississippi River To Knutson Dam
- Daily bag
- 5
Moccasin Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Moon Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Moose Lake (Todd)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Moosehead Lake (Carlton)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mud Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Nest Lake (Kandiyohi)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
North Long Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Norway Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Osakis And Little Osakis Lakes (Douglas And Todd)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Ose
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Owasso Lake (Ramsey)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Ox Yoke Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Parley Lake (Carver)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Perch Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pickerel Lake (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pig
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pig Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Pigeon River To Pigeon Lake Dam
- Daily bag
- 5
Pike Bay
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pimushe Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Platte Lake (Crow Wing County) And Sullivan Lake (Morrison)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
combined total for both lakes as one water body
Platte Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
- Possession
- 10 fish
Pleasant Lake (Stearns)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pokegama Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Pokegama Lake And Connected Waters Including The Snake River From The Little Walleye Landing Downstream To The I-35 Bridges (Pine)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Pokegama Lake Near Grand Rapids (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Prairie Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Prairie River From Confluence With Tamarack River Downstream To Confluence With Big Sandy Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Prior Lake, Upper And Lower (Scott)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pug Hole
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Quarry Hill Nature Center Pond
- Possession
- 10 fish
Rabideau Lake (Beltrami County)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rabideau Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rat Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Raven Flowage To Raven Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Red River Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Red Rock Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Reno Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Rice Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Rice Lake And Connected Inguadona Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Riley Lake (Carver)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Ripley Lake (Meeker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rogers Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Round Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Round Lake Near Harding (Morrison)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rush-Hen
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rush-Hen Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Sanborn Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sand Lake (Lake)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sand Lake And Connected Talac And Sorenson Lakes (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sand Lake Including Connecting Birds Eye Lake, Little Sand Lake, Portage Lake And Bowstring River Upstream To County Road 35 Bridge And Downstream To The County Road 145 Bridge (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sandy River From State Highway 210 Downstream To Confluence With The Mississippi River
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sandy River Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sarah Lake (Hennepin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sarah Lake (Polk)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Sauk River Chain Of Lakes From Highway 23 Downstream To The Cold Spring Dam Including Becker, Bolfing, Cedar Island, Great Northern, Horseshoe, Knaus, Krays, Schneider And Zumwalde Lakes (Stearns)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Schneider Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Shakopee Lake (Mille Lacs)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Shields Lake (Rice)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Shields Lake (Washington)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Silver Creek Reservoir
- Possession
- 10 fish
Silver Lake
- Possession
- 10 fish
Snake River From The Little Walleye Landing Downstream To The I-35 Bridges (Pine)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Snake River Under The I-35 Bridges Downstream To The Cross Lake Road/County Road 9 Bridge
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Splithand Lake Including Moody’s Creek Upstream To County Road 432 (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
St. Croix River Downstream Of Taylors Falls Dam, Mississippi River And Lake Pepin
- Possession
- 15 fish
combined total (bluegill, pumpkinseed, green, orangespotted, northern, warmouth, and their hybrids)
St. Louis River Estuary And St. Croix River Upstream Of Taylors Falls Dam
- Possession
- 25 fish
combined total (bluegill, pumpkinseed, green, orangespotted, northern, warmouth, and their hybrids)
Star Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Strand Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Stuart Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Sucker Lakes, Upper, Middle, And Lower (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sugar Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Sugar Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sullivan Lake (Morrison)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Sylvan Lake Near Pillager (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sylvia Lakes, East And West (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Tail
- Possession
- 10
Tamarack Lake, North (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Third River Flowage To Little Dixon Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Thirteen Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Three Island Lake Including Turtle River (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Trelipe Lake, Lower (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Trelipe Lake, Upper (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Turtle Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Turtle River
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Turtle River Chain Of Lakes Including Connected Turtle River Lake, Little Turtle, Big Turtle, Movil, Beltrami, Fox Lakes, And The Turtle River From Little Turtle Lake Downstream To Fox Lake (Beltrami)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Twenty-One Lake (Otter Tail)
- Possession
- 10 fish
Vanduse (Hobo) Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Venstrom Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Vermillion Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Vermont Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Villard Lake (Pope)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Wall Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Washington Lake (Le Sueur)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Waukenabo Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10
Waukenabo Lake And Connected West Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Welsh Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
West Lake (Aitkin)
- Daily bag
- 10
West Lost Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
West Savanna River From County Highway 14 Downstream To Confluence With The Prairie River
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
West Silent Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Whiskey Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Whiteface Reservoir (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Wild Rice Reservoir (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Willow Creek Reservoir
- Possession
- 10 fish
Windigo
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Winnibigoshish Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Winnibigoshish Lake And Connected Waters (Beltrami, Cass, And Itasca): Mississippi River To Knutson Dam, Third River Flowage To Little Dixon Lake, Pigeon River To Pigeon Lake Dam, First River, Egg Lake Through Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Raven Flowage To Raven Lake, And Sugar Lake.
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Wolf
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Zumwalde Lake
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Also known as
Bluegill is also called Bluegill (Sunfish), Pumpkinseed, Sunfish, Redear Sunfish, sunfish. Anglers in different regions use different names for the same fish, and the rules on this page apply to all of them in Minnesota.
Frequently asked questions
When is Bluegill season in Minnesota?
Bluegill season in Minnesota is set by DNR. Some zones may have specific open windows; see the rule table above.
What is the size limit for Bluegill in Minnesota?
Minnesota does not publish a state-wide minimum size for Bluegill. Check zone-specific rules above.
What is the daily bag limit for Bluegill in Minnesota?
Daily bag limit for Bluegill in Minnesota is 5 fish/day in Aitkin Lake Including Area Known As Aitkin Flowage, per DNR.
Official sources cited
- https://www.eregulations.com/minnesota/fishing/special-regulations
- https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf
- https://www.eregulations.com/minnesota/fishing/general-regulations
Reference only. Regulations change frequently, often mid-season. Always verify with DNR before keeping a catch. Last verified .