The data that should make you a better hunter or angler already exists. The Minnesota DNR publishes it. The USGS publishes it. Federal wildlife agencies publish it. The problem isn't that the information is secret — it's that it's scattered across a dozen agencies, in a dozen formats, and nobody has done the work of connecting it.
That's what NomadPath does. We take the public data you'd have to be a full-time researcher to assemble yourself, connect it, and turn it into something you can actually use before you head out.
We're launching with Minnesota covered deeply, and we're honest about where that coverage ends. Here's what's live today.
Every Minnesota water body, in one place
We track over 11,000 Minnesota lakes and rivers. Search any one of them and you'll find what we've been able to synthesize for it — stocking history, habitat scores, depth, public access, and more. For 500 of the largest lakes, we go deeper. For the rest, we show you exactly what we have and exactly what we don't, because a guess dressed up as data helps no one.
A walleye spawn-window model — where we can stand behind it
For 821 Minnesota walleye lakes, we predict the spawn window from real environmental data, and we tell you our confidence level. For the thousands of lakes outside that model, we say so plainly rather than inventing a date. Favorite a lake, and we'll email you when its window opens.
CWD risk, free for everyone
Chronic Wasting Disease is a public-health issue, so our CWD risk map for all 133 Minnesota deer permit areas is free, with no account required. See the risk band, sample counts, and positive rates for the area you hunt.
Aquatic invasive species pressure, mapped
We track AIS pressure across more than 1,000 Minnesota lakes — confirmed and suspected infestations, by species — so you know what you're launching your boat into. Also free.
The regulations, without the PDF
Hunting seasons and bag limits for nearly 400 Minnesota zones. Live stocking reports — with honest labels on how current the data is, because "updated annually" means something different in May than in October. Season guides that actually tell you what changed this year.
Tools to plan and remember your trips
Plan a hunt or a fishing trip, log what you harvested, and see your own history build over time.
A map that holds it all
Everything spatial, in one interactive map — layers, zones, your saved spots.
One principle
We built all of this in the open, on one principle: we'd rather tell you "we don't have data for that yet" than guess and be wrong. The hunters and anglers we built this for can tell the difference, and they remember which sources they can trust.
Minnesota is deep today. Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Dakotas are next — and stocking data is already live across all five states. We'll get there the same way we built Minnesota: one verified source at a time.
Welcome to NomadPath. Go see your water.