Lake Trout Fishing in Minnesota
Top 18 lakes ranked by stocking volume
Minnesota stocks lake trout in 18 known waters, ranging from small impoundments to multi-thousand-acre reservoirs. The lakes below are sorted by recent stocking volume — quantity isn't everything, but it's a strong proxy for how much effort the state agency is putting into a given fishery.
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Top Lake Trout lakes in Minnesota
| Rank | Lake | County | Acres | Total stocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Trout | Crow Wing | 1,366 | 89,971 |
| 2 | Pine | Cook | 2,122 | 67,962 |
| 3 | Trout | St. Louis | 7,425 | 67,900 |
| 4 | Grindstone | Pine | 533 | 34,171 |
| 5 | Trout | Itasca | 1,743 | 16,468 |
| 6 | Little Trout | St. Louis | 272 | 13,048 |
| 7 | East Bearskin | Cook | 593 | 10,697 |
| 8 | Iron Chief Complex | St. Louis | 207 | 8,838 |
| 9 | Winchester | St. Louis | 319 | 7,981 |
| 10 | Flour | Cook | 330 | 7,689 |
| 11 | Kemo | Cook | 189 | 7,569 |
| 12 | Sagamore Mine | Crow Wing | 119 | 3,997 |
| 13 | Mayhew | Cook | 221 | 3,189 |
| 14 | Miner's Pit | St. Louis | 141 | 2,332 |
| 15 | Bluewater | Itasca | 364 | 1,990 |
| 16 | Caribou | Itasca | 246 | 1,313 |
| 17 | Gun | St. Louis | 341 | 1,212 |
| 18 | Pokegama | Itasca | 6,721 | 799 |
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