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We stock walleyes in roughly 900 lakes throughout the state, adjusting stocking levels up and down as necessary. The goal of these manipulations is to find appropriate stocking levels that increase or maintain healthy walleye populations. Our prudent, scientific approach appears to be working.
FiN staff stocks several species of fish into neighborhood ponds, mostly during springtime. Not all FiN ponds are stocked regularly; those that aren't have self-sustaining fish populations. Click on a county page on the left to find other FiN ponds and shorefishing opportunities in your area.
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.
4 sty 2020 · Anglers curious about stocking efforts can check stocking reports for lakes across Minnesota by searching the DNR LakeFinder on the DNR’s fishing webpage, or by contacting a DNR area fisheries office. Full information from 2020 will be available online in the future.
4 sty 2021 · Anglers curious about stocking efforts can check stocking reports for lakes across Minnesota by searching the DNR LakeFinder on the DNR’s fishing webpage, or by contacting a DNR area fisheries office. Full information from 2020 will be available online in the future.
23 maj 2014 · About this time every year, Minnesota's fish population gets a sizable boost from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Millions of tiny walleye, trout and bass are trucked...
13 maj 2022 · This Minnesota Fishing Opener, here is a look at the life cycle of a stocked walleye, so key to a healthy population of the state's signature fish.
