Recently Stocked Walleye Lakes in Minnesota
About this list
Every lake here has a walleye stocking record from 2024 or later — the current year plus the 2 before it. Records are reported by year, not by date, and include stocking by state hatcheries as well as tribal bands, federal hatcheries, and local sporting groups. Each card shows the size class and number of walleyefrom the lake's most recent stocking year.
This is a factual recency list, not a ranking, and there is no minimum lake size to qualify. For graded walleye water, see the best walleye lakes in Minnesota, or go back to all recently stocked lakes.
Recently stocked walleye lakes by county
Showing 200 of 972 lakes, grouped by county and most recently stocked first — including 40 slots reserved for lakes 100 acres or under, or of unrecorded size, which a plain size-weighted cut would otherwise crowd out. Open a lake for its full stocking history.
Aitkin County3 lakes shown
Becker County13 lakes shown
Becker County · 3,795 acres
3,200,000 fry walleye
Becker County · 3,147 acres
3,116,640 fry walleye
Becker County · 3,067 acres
10,410 fingerling · 1,918 adult · 1,117 yearling walleye
Becker County · 1,850 acres
934,000 fry walleye
Becker County · 1,763 acres
10,095 fingerling walleye
Becker County · 1,715 acres
3,358 fingerling · 2,741 adult · 426 yearling walleye
Becker County · 1,701 acres
344,250 fry · 9,000 fingerling walleye
Becker County · 1,460 acres
760,326 fry walleye
Becker County · 1,280 acres
677,000 fry walleye
Becker County · 1,178 acres
5,091 fingerling walleye
Becker County · 1,067 acres
619,000 fry walleye
Becker County · 995 acres
123,750 fry · 7,000 fingerling walleye
Becker County · 974 acres
4,281 fingerling · 524 adult · 8 yearling walleye
Beltrami County8 lakes shown
Beltrami County · 15,958 acres
522,000 fry · 67,303 fingerling walleye
Beltrami County · 3,598 acres
1,033,000 fry walleye
Beltrami County · 2,256 acres
1,843,000 fry walleye
Beltrami County · 1,865 acres
750,000 fry walleye
Beltrami County · 1,740 acres
331,000 fry walleye
Beltrami County · 1,607 acres
687,000 fry walleye
Beltrami County · 1,596 acres
2,750,000 fry walleye
Beltrami County · 999 acres
1,879 yearling · 391 adult · 285 fingerling walleye
Big Stone County3 lakes shown
Brown County2 lakes shown
Cass County15 lakes shown
Cass County · 103,444 acres
7,509,090 fry walleye
Cass County · 10,010 acres
1,500,000 fry walleye
Cass County · 5,520 acres
980,400 fry walleye
Cass County · 5,080 acres
32,378 fingerling walleye
Cass County · 4,756 acres
2,131,000 fry walleye
Cass County · 1,756 acres
534,060 fry walleye
Cass County · 1,617 acres
1,518,330 fry walleye
Cass County · 1,511 acres
10,140 fingerling walleye
Cass County · 1,347 acres
11,752 fingerling walleye
Cass County · 1,323 acres
706,000 fry walleye
Cass County · 1,133 acres
6,030 yearling walleye
Cass County · 1,099 acres
411,510 fry walleye
Cass County · 1,007 acres
357,330 fry walleye
Cass County · 963 acres
1,272 yearling walleye
Cass County · 95 acres
200 yearling walleye
Chisago County2 lakes shown
Clearwater County2 lakes shown
Crow Wing County10 lakes shown
Crow Wing County · 8,367 acres
2,000,000 fry · 10,484 fingerling walleye
Crow Wing County · 7,714 acres
5,000,000 fry walleye
Crow Wing County · 6,190 acres
3,900,000 fry walleye
Crow Wing County · 2,628 acres
2,000,000 fry walleye
Crow Wing County · 2,330 acres
1,000,000 fry walleye
Crow Wing County · 1,815 acres
880,000 fry walleye
Crow Wing County · 1,663 acres
800,000 fry walleye
Crow Wing County · 1,650 acres
627,000 fry · 16,929 fingerling walleye
Crow Wing County · 1,309 acres
600,000 fry · 4,099 fingerling walleye
Crow Wing County · 1,116 acres
400,000 fry · 4,008 fingerling walleye
Dakota County2 lakes shown
Douglas County7 lakes shown
Douglas County · 5,731 acres
2,759,000 fry · 1,534 fingerling · 50 adult · 35 yearling walleye
Douglas County · 4,445 acres
875,500 fry walleye
Douglas County · 2,605 acres
740 fingerling · 403 adult · 298 yearling walleye
Douglas County · 1,801 acres
375,000 fry · 1,412 adult · 170 fingerling · 120 yearling walleye
Douglas County · 1,334 acres
346,500 fry walleye
Douglas County · 1,050 acres
3,444 yearling · 1,002 fingerling · 53 adult walleye
Douglas County · 997 acres
11,000 fingerling walleye
Grant County2 lakes shown
Hennepin County1 lake shown
Hubbard County4 lakes shown
Itasca County16 lakes shown
Itasca County · 6,721 acres
29,477 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 4,093 acres
16,742 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 3,579 acres
950,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 3,108 acres
717,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 2,771 acres
1,000,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 2,715 acres
1,000,000 fry · 1,567 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 2,456 acres
800,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 2,221 acres
12,444 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 2,126 acres
9,652 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 1,862 acres
438,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 1,855 acres
666,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 1,740 acres
682,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 1,392 acres
9,539 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 1,331 acres
800,000 fry walleye
Itasca County · 1,273 acres
7,281 fingerling walleye
Itasca County · 1,210 acres
11,388 fingerling walleye
Jackson County3 lakes shown
Kanabec County2 lakes shown
Kandiyohi County12 lakes shown
Kandiyohi County · 5,569 acres
99 adult walleye
Kandiyohi County · 2,730 acres
666,800 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 2,339 acres
701,572 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 2,290 acres
445,897 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 1,760 acres
439,760 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 1,610 acres
715,890 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 1,151 acres
284,310 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 1,023 acres
666,800 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 969 acres
797,706 fry · 3,091 fingerling · 1,030 yearling · 9 adult walleye
Kandiyohi County · 89 acres
24,544 fry walleye
Kandiyohi County · 79 acres
69 adult · 14 fingerling walleye
Kandiyohi County · 75 acres
47 adult · 7 fingerling walleye
Lac qui Parle County2 lakes shown
Lake County3 lakes shown
Le Sueur County2 lakes shown
Marshall County2 lakes shown
McLeod County2 lakes shown
Morrison County4 lakes shown
Otter Tail County19 lakes shown
Otter Tail County · 14,079 acres
4,000,000 fry walleye
Otter Tail County · 7,546 acres
6,537,000 fry walleye
Otter Tail County · 5,615 acres
2,423 yearling · 1,661 fingerling · 135 adult walleye
Otter Tail County · 5,523 acres
2,380,000 fry · 9,600 yearling · 1,211 adult walleye
Otter Tail County · 5,276 acres
1,662,000 fry walleye
Otter Tail County · 4,486 acres
1,407,000 fry · 3,100 fingerling walleye
Otter Tail County · 2,540 acres
23,700 fingerling · 463 yearling · 153 adult walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,978 acres
6,450 fingerling · 2,150 yearling walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,913 acres
3,013,000 fry walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,624 acres
1,366 yearling · 598 adult · 100 fingerling walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,357 acres
9,645 fingerling · 4 adult walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,316 acres
7,684 fingerling · 100 yearling · 14 adult walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,296 acres
1,002,000 fry walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,289 acres
11,250 fingerling walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,088 acres
5,825 fingerling walleye
Otter Tail County · 1,044 acres
692 yearling · 88 adult walleye
Otter Tail County · 992 acres
4,250 fingerling walleye
Otter Tail County · 88 acres
35,000 fry walleye
Otter Tail County · 67 acres
690 yearling · 18 adult walleye
Pennington County1 lake shown
Pine County2 lakes shown
Polk County2 lakes shown
Pope County3 lakes shown
Ramsey County2 lakes shown
Rice County2 lakes shown
St. Louis County16 lakes shown
St. Louis County · 39,272 acres
7,500,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 11,546 acres
3,000,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 2,362 acres
900,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 2,345 acres
2,300,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 1,695 acres
7,224 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 1,585 acres
5,678 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 1,071 acres
1,535,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 929 acres
1,000,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 100 acres
900 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 97 acres
718 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 72 acres
54,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 71 acres
60,000 fry walleye
St. Louis County · 68 acres
1,144 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 46 acres
656 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 32 acres
369 fingerling walleye
St. Louis County · 31 acres
100,000 fry walleye
Stearns County5 lakes shown
Stearns County · 2,968 acres
1,082,016 fry walleye
Stearns County · 1,513 acres
756,798 fry walleye
Stearns County · 95 acres
600 fingerling walleye
Stearns County · 95 acres
300 yearling walleye
Stearns County · 92 acres
300 yearling walleye
Todd County4 lakes shown
Waseca County1 lake shown
Washington County2 lakes shown
Wright County2 lakes shown
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Minnesota lakes have been stocked with walleye since 2024?
972 Minnesota lakes have a walleye stocking record from 2024 or later; this page shows 200 of them, grouped by county. Records are reported by year and published after the fact, so a lake stocked this season may not appear until the state publishes it.
What counts as "recently stocked" with walleye?
A lake is listed when its most recent walleye stocking record falls in 2024 or later — the current year plus the 2 before it. The window slides forward every January, so a lake drops off once its last walleye stocking passes 2 years old. There is no minimum lake size: small stocked ponds qualify.
Does stocking mean a lake is good for walleye fishing?
Not on its own. A stocking record says how many fish went in, not how many survived or how the fishing is now. Size matters more than the count: yearlings can be caught the season they go in, while fingerlings and fry take years to reach a useful size. For graded walleye lakes, see the FishGrade Walleye rankings, which are built from Minnesota DNR survey catch rates rather than stocking.