Lake stocking report

Report criteria: year=2024, county=ST. LOUIS, species=

St. Louis County

     Alruss - 69000500
          Brook Trout - 1,900 fingerlings weighing 38.6 lbs.
     Ash River
          Brown Trout - 900 yearlings weighing 209.3 lbs.
     Astrid - 69058900
          Walleye - 60,000 fry weighing 0.5 lbs.
     Ban - 69074200
          Walleye - 194,500 fry weighing 1.7 lbs.
     Bassett - 69004100
          Walleye - 1,092 fingerlings weighing 196.0 lbs.2
     Big - 69019000
          Walleye - 750,000 fry weighing 6.6 lbs.
     Big Sucker Creek
          Rainbow Trout - 62,500 fingerlings weighing 568.2 lbs.
     Briar - 69012800
          Brown Trout - 470 yearlings weighing 106.8 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 5,250 yearlings weighing 1,750.0 lbs.
     Burntside - 69011800
          Walleye - 700,000 fry weighing 6.1 lbs.
          Walleye - 26,588 fingerlings weighing 1,463.4 lbs.2
     Camp A - 69078800
          Brook Trout - 270 yearlings weighing 53.0 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 833 fingerlings weighing 145.9 lbs.
     Chant - 69017200
          Brook Trout - 1,100 fingerlings weighing 22.4 lbs.
     Chester Creek
          Brown Trout - 320 yearlings weighing 74.4 lbs.
     Clearwater - 69039700
          Brown Trout - 125 adults weighing 312.5 lbs.
          Brown Trout - 275 yearlings weighing 62.5 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 1,125 yearlings weighing 387.9 lbs.
     Cub - 69131800
          Brook Trout - 825 yearlings weighing 138.7 lbs.
     Deep - 69066600
          Walleye - 495 fingerlings weighing 33.0 lbs.2
     Donna - 69094100
          Brown Trout - 755 yearlings weighing 175.6 lbs.
     Dry - 69006400
          Brown Trout - 2,050 fingerlings weighing 82.0 lbs.
     Elbow - 69074400
          Walleye - 14,320 fingerlings weighing 664.0 lbs.2
     Elephant - 69081000
          Walleye - 5,031 fingerlings weighing 387.0 lbs.2
     Embarrass - 69049600
          Walleye - 5,104 fingerlings weighing 204.0 lbs.2
     Everett - 69012000
          Walleye - 3,277 fingerlings weighing 113.0 lbs.2
     French River
          Rainbow Trout - 61,436 yearlings weighing 1,274.1 lbs.
     Gun - 69048700
          Lake Trout - 1,212 yearlings weighing 130.3 lbs.
     Hanson - 69018900
          Splake - 1,110 fingerlings weighing 34.9 lbs.
     High - 69007100
          Brook Trout - 10,000 fingerlings weighing 203.3 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 1,200 yearlings weighing 413.8 lbs.
     Island Lake Reservoir - 69037200
          Tullibee (cisco) - 561 fingerlings weighing 1.8 lbs.
          Muskellunge - 1,630 fingerlings weighing 280.3 lbs.
     Jacob - 69007700
          Brook Trout - 1,600 fingerlings weighing 32.5 lbs.
     James - 69073400
          Rainbow Trout - 1,500 fingerlings weighing 150.0 lbs.
     Janette - 69088700
          Walleye - 3,871 fingerlings weighing 121.0 lbs.2
     Johnson - 69011700
          Walleye - 212,000 fry weighing 1.9 lbs.
     Joseph - 69015700
          Walleye - 112,000 fry weighing 1.0 lbs.
     Keene Creek
          Brown Trout - 294 yearlings weighing 68.4 lbs.
     Kingsbury Creek
          Brown Trout - 597 yearlings weighing 138.8 lbs.
     Kinney - 69078100
          Rainbow Trout - 2,400 yearlings weighing 800.0 lbs.1
     Knife River, West Branch
          Rainbow Trout - 6,873 yearlings weighing 142.0 lbs.
     Leander - 69079600
          Walleye - 140,000 fry weighing 1.4 lbs.1
     Leora - 69052100
          Walleye - 1,650 fingerlings weighing 110.0 lbs.2
     Lester River
          Rainbow Trout - 72,740 yearlings weighing 1,473.9 lbs.
     Little Dry - 69104000
          Brown Trout - 325 fingerlings weighing 13.0 lbs.
     Little Grand - 69051300
          Walleye - 9,750 fingerlings weighing 325.0 lbs.1
     Little Trout - 69068200
          Lake Trout - 2,560 yearlings weighing 275.3 lbs.
     Loon - 69042600
          Walleye - 1,050 fingerlings weighing 70.0 lbs.2
     Lost River
          Brook Trout - 723 yearlings weighing 121.5 lbs.
     Lower Comstock - 69041202
          Walleye - 121,000 fry weighing 1.1 lbs.
     Mashkenode - 69072500
          Walleye - 64,000 fry weighing 0.6 lbs.
     Maude - 69059000
          Walleye - 50,000 fry weighing 0.4 lbs.
     Midway River
          Brown Trout - 500 yearlings weighing 116.3 lbs.
     Miner's Pit - 69129300
          Brook Trout - 4,780 yearlings weighing 1,014.9 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 96 adults weighing 384.0 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 4,650 yearlings weighing 1,603.5 lbs.
     Moose - 69080600
          Walleye - 929,000 fry weighing 8.1 lbs.
     Mott Pit - 69130200
          Rainbow Trout - 750 yearlings weighing 300.0 lbs.1
          Rainbow Trout - 750 yearlings weighing 300.0 lbs.1
     Mud Hen - 69049400
          Walleye - 165,000 fry weighing 1.4 lbs.
     Myrtle - 69074900
          Walleye - 14,952 fingerlings weighing 861.2 lbs.2
     Nels - 69008000
          Walleye - 44,000 fry weighing 0.4 lbs.
     Nigh - 69045700
          Walleye - 80,000 fry weighing 0.7 lbs.
     Norberg - 69131200
          Brook Trout - 660 yearlings weighing 110.9 lbs.
     Otter Creek
          Brown Trout - 550 yearlings weighing 127.9 lbs.
     Pauline - 69058800
          Walleye - 50,000 fry weighing 0.4 lbs.
     Pfeiffer - 69067100
          Walleye - 255 fingerlings weighing 17.0 lbs.2
     Pickerel - 69093400
          Rainbow Trout - 917 yearlings weighing 322.9 lbs.
     Pike - 69049000
          Walleye - 494,000 fry weighing 4.3 lbs.
     Purvis - 69016600
          Walleye - 25,000 fry weighing 0.2 lbs.
     Regenbogen - 69008100
          Splake - 611 fingerlings weighing 19.2 lbs.
     Sand - 69001600
          Brown Trout - 675 yearlings weighing 153.4 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 2,600 yearlings weighing 896.5 lbs.
     Slim - 69018100
          Walleye - 87,000 fry weighing 0.8 lbs.
     St James Pit - 69042800
          Rainbow Trout - 875 yearlings weighing 350.0 lbs.1
          Rainbow Trout - 875 yearlings weighing 350.0 lbs.1
     St. Louis River
          Lake Sturgeon - 5,016 fry weighing 61.2 lbs.1
     St. Louis River Estuary - 69129100
          Lake Sturgeon - 2,113 fingerlings weighing 133.0 lbs.8
          Muskellunge - 2,308 fingerlings weighing 277.3 lbs.
     St. Mary's - 69065100
          Walleye - 1,170 fingerlings weighing 78.0 lbs.2
     Trout - 69049800
          Walleye - 1,613,000 fry weighing 14.1 lbs.
     Trygg - 69038900
          Brook Trout - 2,000 fingerlings weighing 40.7 lbs.
     Twin (Lakes) - 69096700
          Brown Trout - 120 yearlings weighing 27.3 lbs.
          Rainbow Trout - 750 yearlings weighing 397.1 lbs.
     Upper Comstock - 69041201
          Walleye - 130,000 fry weighing 1.1 lbs.
     Vermilion - 69037800
          Muskellunge - 3,017 fingerlings weighing 366.4 lbs.
          Walleye - 9,100,000 fry weighing 79.6 lbs.
     Vermilion River - 69061300
          Walleye - 535,000 fry weighing 4.7 lbs.
     West Twin - 69069600
          Walleye - 200,000 fry weighing 1.9 lbs.
     Whisper - 69005900
          Walleye - 20,000 fry weighing 0.2 lbs.
     White - 69003000
          Walleye - 3,000 fingerlings weighing 200.0 lbs.2
     Winchester - 69069000
          Splake - 2,715 yearlings weighing 512.3 lbs.
     Wolf - 69016100
          Walleye - 75,000 fry weighing 0.7 lbs.

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.

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