This weekend: Join the Moms Fishing Challenge! May 10-11

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Join the Minnesota Moms Fishing Challenge

This weekend only! Just for moms in Minnesota.

Let’s get reel, moms! The Minnesota DNR invites you to join the Minnesota Moms Fishing Challenge, a free virtual fishing challenge just for moms in Minnesota, this weekend, May 10-11. This year, like every year on Mother’s Day weekend, all moms across Minnesota can fish for free without a license. And for the third year in a row, moms who want even more fun can take part in the online Minnesota Moms Fishing Challenge!

How to participate Participation in the fishing challenge is free on Facebook and open to moms statewide. Just join the Facebook group called Minnesota Moms Fishing Challenge 2025 and get your bait and camera ready. Submit one photo of each fish you catch in the Facebook group – all species and sizes welcome. Snap a photo and let your fish go, or keep it for dinner if it’s in season. Prizes! All participants who submit a fish will be entered in a random drawing for more than 100 prizes provided by the Student Angler Organization and their partners, including SCHEELS, Lund, Sparkle Stick USA and Onyx Outdoors.

The challenge is hosted by the Minnesota DNR, Student Angler Organization and Women Anglers of Minnesota. Learn more about the challenge  Join the challenge Facebook group

Becoming an Outdoors Woman program

The BOW program provides hunting, fishing, and other outdoor skills classes to women in a safe and supportive environment. The BOW works cooperatively with Minnesota DNR staff, volunteers and outside agencies to provide opportunities for women to learn skills. BOW is guided by a volunteer steering committee. To find out more, visit the BOW webpage.

Do you want to stay informed about upcoming fisheries, wildlife and habitat management activities and ways that you can discover, explore, and experience Minnesota’s outdoors? Then sign up for Minnesota Fishing and Minnesota Wildlife email notifications available for free on the DNR website. Updates are also available for state parks, scientific and natural areas, the Eagle Cam, and more.

Visit the DNR’s learn to hunt and learn to fish webpages to learn how to hunt or fish for a variety of species.