Last stocked
June 19, 2019
Plants on record
8
Since 1996
Species recorded
2
Surface acres
253.5
How Smallwood Lake is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the last week of October. In 2019 it was June 19, 2019, earlier than usual.
No plants recorded in 16 years between 1996 and 2019.
About 113 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 7 lakes in Gladwin County with both a fish count and a surface area.
Wiggins Lake (9.6 mi), Lake Lancer (10.1 mi), Pratt Lake (10.2 mi), and Hoister Lake (15.4 mi) were stocked more recently. Wiggins Lake is also stocked with Walleye, Lake Lancer is also stocked with Walleye, and Pratt Lake is also stocked with Walleye.
Fish at Smallwood Lake
Fishing Smallwood Lake is most likely to be for Muskellunge. Muskellunge accounts for 7 of 8 plants on record, ahead of Walleye.
Muskellunge 7 plants
- Plants
- 7 of 8
- Last stocked
- November 1, 2018
Walleye 1 plant
- Plants
- 1 of 8
- Last stocked
- June 19, 2019
Fish stocked per year
- 5501996
- 9502004
- 9362006
- 4502009
- 3002012
- 3482015
- 3482018
- 24,8192019
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 19, 2019 | Walleye | 24,819 | – | report |
| November 1, 2018 | Muskellunge | 348 | – | report |
| October 29, 2015 | Muskellunge | 348 | – | report |
| November 2, 2012 | Muskellunge | 300 | – | report |
| October 15, 2009 | Muskellunge | 450 | – | report |
| September 18, 2006 | Muskellunge | 936 | – | report |
| November 2, 2004 | Muskellunge | 950 | – | report |
| September 13, 1996 | Muskellunge | 550 | – | report |
Species stocked here
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.