Rainbow Trout Fishing in Minnesota
Top 23 lakes ranked by stocking volume
Minnesota stocks rainbow trout in 23 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 Rainbow Trout lakes in Minnesota
| Rank | Lake | County | Acres | Total stocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Medicine | Becker | 803 | 144,000 |
| 2 | Long | Cass | 1,007 | 103,842 |
| 3 | Big Watab | Stearns | 246 | 93,040 |
| 4 | Grindstone | Pine | 533 | 84,181 |
| 5 | Trout | Cook | 259 | 76,999 |
| 6 | Portsmouth Mine | Crow Wing | 149 | 63,357 |
| 7 | Tofte | Lake | 134 | 53,150 |
| 8 | Hanging Horn | Carlton | 409 | 48,996 |
| 9 | Miner's Pit | St. Louis | 141 | 40,529 |
| 10 | Birch | Cook | 236 | 36,032 |
| 11 | Blue | Hubbard | 336 | 24,388 |
| 12 | Sand | St. Louis | 779 | 23,400 |
| 13 | Sagamore Mine | Crow Wing | 119 | 19,216 |
| 14 | Pine | Cook | 2,122 | 18,700 |
| 15 | High | St. Louis | 274 | 17,900 |
| 16 | St James Pit | St. Louis | 124 | 11,950 |
| 17 | Mayhew | Cook | 221 | 9,600 |
| 18 | Twin | St. Louis | 224 | 6,916 |
| 19 | Margaret | Cass | 251 | 6,314 |
| 20 | Charlotte | Todd | 144 | 5,498 |
| 21 | Mayhew | Benton | 128 | 5,000 |
| 22 | Gilbert Pit | St. Louis | 243 | 1,200 |
| 23 | Christmas | Hennepin | 267 | 1,000 |
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