Lake stocking report

Steer (38092000)

Fish Stocked by Species for the Last Ten Years

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2024	Brook Trout	fingerlings	500	10.2
2023	Brook Trout	fingerlings	500	11.9
2021	Brook Trout	fingerlings	500	13.2
2020	Brook Trout	fingerlings	500	21.9
2019	Brook Trout⁸	fingerlings	500	14.8
2018	Brook Trout⁸	fingerlings	500	25.0
2017	Brook Trout⁸	fingerlings	500	31.1
2016	Brook Trout⁸	fingerlings	300	12.0
2015	Brook Trout	fingerlings	500	22.3

Stocking Notes
1 - indicates fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and sporting groups.
2 - indicates fish purchased by the DNR for stocking.
3 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
4 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
5 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by Red Lake Nation.
6 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by White Earth Nation.
7 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by State of South Dakota.
8 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
9 - indicates fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by DNR and other agencies (state, federal or tribal) or sporting groups.

Stocking Fish Sizes
Fry - Newly hatched fish that are ready to be stocked usually called "swim-ups". Walleye fry are 1/3 of an inch or around 8 mm.
Fingerling - Fingerlings are one to six months old and can range from a size of one to twelve inches depending on the species. Walleye fingerlings range from three to eight inches each fall.
Yearling - Yearling fish are at least one year old. A one-year-old fish can range from three to twenty inches depending on the species. Walleye yearlings average from six to twelve inches.
Adult - Adult fish are fish that have reached maturity. Depending on the species, maturity can be reached at two years of age. Walleye reach maturity between the ages of four and six years.