Cox Pond fishing

Fishing at Cox Pond has Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.3 times a year since 2006, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

May 12, 2026

Plants on record

27

Since 2006

Species recorded

1

Surface acres

1.7

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How Cox Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the second week of May. In 2026 it was May 12, 2026, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2020.

About 2,107 reported fish per acre, 7th most of 19 lakes in Alger County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Fish at Cox Pond

Fishing Cox Pond is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 27 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Around the dates Cox Pond is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 50.6°F in May, 36.9°F in April, 48°F in October, 34.8°F in November. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Brook Trout 27 plants
Plants
27 of 27
Last stocked
May 12, 2026

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 502006
  • 1002007
  • 1002008
  • 1102009
  • 1102010
  • 1092011
  • 492012
  • 3502013
  • 4052014
  • 3502015
  • 4002016
  • 3502017
  • 1602018
  • 1402019
  • 1602021
  • 1652022
  • 1652023
  • 1102024
  • 982025
  • 1002026

Stocking history

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Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 12, 2026 Brook Trout 100 – report
May 1, 2025 Brook Trout 98 – report
April 22, 2024 Brook Trout 110 – report
November 9, 2023 Brook Trout 55 – report
May 11, 2023 Brook Trout 110 – report
May 10, 2022 Brook Trout 55 – report
May 10, 2022 Brook Trout 110 – report
November 10, 2021 Brook Trout 50 – report
April 14, 2021 Brook Trout 110 – report
November 26, 2019 Brook Trout 30 – report
April 30, 2019 Brook Trout 110 – report
October 26, 2018 Brook Trout 50 – report
May 16, 2018 Brook Trout 110 – report
October 18, 2017 Brook Trout 350 – report
October 13, 2016 Brook Trout 350 – report
May 12, 2016 Brook Trout 50 – report
November 3, 2015 Brook Trout 350 – report
October 23, 2014 Brook Trout 55 – report
October 15, 2014 Brook Trout 350 – report
October 21, 2013 Brook Trout 350 – report
October 22, 2012 Brook Trout 49 – report
April 26, 2011 Brook Trout 109 – report
April 15, 2010 Brook Trout 110 – report
April 28, 2009 Brook Trout 110 – report
May 2, 2008 Brook Trout 100 – report
April 20, 2007 Brook Trout 100 – report
November 3, 2006 Brook Trout 50 – report
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Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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