In Michigan, successful fall fish stocking adds angling opportunities
Eight different species, 672,478 fish, weighing in at nearly 13.5 tons stocked at 123 locations across the state.
Fish stocking
‘Creative ways to stock fish in Minnesota waters’
DNR says 2020 fish stocking successful, despite challenges.
Trout stocking via helicopter means more fish for anglers
Anglers will have the opportunity to catch trout on remote lakes in northeastern Minnesota following helicopter-based fish stocking efforts this fall. The Minnesota DNR typically uses trucks to stock fish, but traditional methods can’t be used in some of the state’s difficult-to-reach lakes. In those waters, airplanes have been used for years to provide aerial
Outdoor News video: What does missed year of stocking mean for Minnesota anglers?
Minnesota DNR cites COVID-19 social distancing protocols in canceling 2020 egg-take operations for walleyes, other species.
Sauger restoration efforts proving successful in Allegheny River
Sauger from the first year of stocking are now reaching over 20 inches.
Vermont fish stocking effort revving up
More than 1 million trout, salmon and walleye destined for state’s lakes, rivers and streams.
Fish stocking continues to give Michigan fisheries a boost
Over the course of a typical year, the DNR will stock roughly 26 million fish weighing nearly 350 tons, including eight species of trout and salmon and three coolwater strains of walleye and muskellunge.
Stocking of fish to drop amid DNR struggles
If all goes well, biologists and technicians will release between 11 million and 12 million fish into the state’s lakes and rivers this year – a significant decline from the 20.9 million stocked in 2016 and light years from the 79.5 million fish stocked 15 years ago in 2002.
