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Root River (public state water trail corridor — Chatfield / Lanesboro to Mississippi approaches)

Southeast Minnesota / Root River valley · Minnesota · the full record

Your trip

Kept on this device only. Nothing about your trip is sent anywhere.

Reading official sources…

Cannot tell

Cannot tell

Decided by: Closure check. Poor if any factor is poor. Otherwise cannot establish if access, launch or the closure check cannot be established, or if the trip needs a current reading that cannot be had. Otherwise conditional if any factor is conditional or unknown. Otherwise good.

  • Closure check

    Cannot tell

    The closure scan has not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

  • Current official data

    Cannot tell

    The official readings have not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

    How this works on the water

  • Weather and water exposure

    Cannot tell

    The trip depends on weather or tide that cannot be read here.

    Missing: The live read

  • Access for a shore trip

    Fits with checks

    Named sites are launches; bank access around them is not described.

    Lanesboro, Whalan, Peterson, Rushford, and other published mid-corridor municipal and water-trail landings (select named site) · South Branch Root River published angling easements and Forestville State Park access (select named site) · Lower Root published public access toward the Mississippi confluence (select named site only)

  • Regulations

    Fits with checks

    The rules have particular parts here; read them on the agency's page before you go.

    1 dated harvest closure on record

    Missing: Today's rules, read on the agency page

  • Documented hazards

    Fits with checks

    Standing hazards are documented; read them against the day.

    strong current

  • Checks on the day

    Fits with checks

    5 checks have to be done on the day.

    Select specific named public landings from the MN DNR Root River segment maps before travel. · Check current MN DNR regulations for the Root River and any special South Branch trout rules. · Review USGS stage and NWS forecasts for the Lanesboro / Rushford corridor. · Confirm whether this water follows the Inland Waters table or a border-water / Lake Superior table. · Same-day MN DNR check required at https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/seasons.html

  • Access certainty

    Fits

    3 named public sites on the official page.

    Lanesboro, Whalan, Peterson, Rushford, and other published mid-corridor municipal and water-trail landings (select named site) · South Branch Root River published angling easements and Forestville State Park access (select named site) · Lower Root published public access toward the Mississippi confluence (select named site only)

  • Daylight and return

    Fits

    No times set; the sun times are printed.

    sunset 16:50 at the water · civil dusk 17:21 at the water

    How this works on the water

  • Logistics

    Fits

    No logistics limits are recorded.

The check, in order

Record this check to see what changes next time.

  1. The site for this tripCheck

    Named sites are launches; bank access around them is not described. Lanesboro, Whalan, Peterson, Rushford, and other published mid-corridor municipal and water-trail landings (select named site); South Branch Root River published angling easements and Forestville State Park access (select named site); Lower Root published public access toward the Mississippi confluence (select named site only).

    Official page
  2. Closure languageCannot tell

    Not read yet.

    Official page
  3. Official observationsCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  4. WeatherCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  5. RegulationsCheck

    Read today's rules on the agency page. 1 dated harvest closure on record.

    Regulations
  6. On the dayCheck

    Select specific named public landings from the MN DNR Root River segment maps before travel.

    Official page
  7. On the dayCheck

    Check current MN DNR regulations for the Root River and any special South Branch trout rules.

    Official page
  8. On the dayCheck

    Review USGS stage and NWS forecasts for the Lanesboro / Rushford corridor.

    Official page
  9. On the dayCheck

    Confirm whether this water follows the Inland Waters table or a border-water / Lake Superior table.

    Official page
  10. On the dayCheck

    Same-day MN DNR check required at https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/seasons.html

    Official page
  11. Official accessEstablished

    3 named sites as of the page read on 2026-09-24. Confirm the one you use is open today.

    Official page
  12. Record freshnessEstablished

    The official page was last read automatically on 2026-09-24.

    Official page
  13. Daylight and returnEstablished

    No times set; the sun times are printed. sunset 16:50 at the water · civil dusk 17:21 at the water.

Hypothetical · you set this

What changes if…

These change a copy of the evidence, never a reading. Nothing here is a forecast.