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May 3, 2018

Preston Historical Society: Trout Days and the History of Fishing

History of Fishing in Minnesota from the DNR

In anticipation of Trout Days in Preston on May 20-21, we are sharing the History of Fishing in Minnesota. You can read the full article by clicking here.

This document highlights not only Minnesota’s fishing history but the MinnAqua Program offered by the DNR to educate users of Minnesota’s water resources. 

 

History of Trout Days

Trout Days supports introducing youth to fishing with the youth fishing contest and related education. Preston Trout Days began back in the late 1980’s and 30 years later we are still celebrating TROUT! You can literally fish in town in Preston, Minnesota and with the recent stream restoration project, we expect fishing to be phenomenal this year! 

 

The Preston Historical Society will participate in Trout Days by opening the train caboose and related historic documents. 

For more information on events the weekend of May 20-21, check out www.troutdays.com.

Article by Preston Chamber / Events, History, Tourism News

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