Alruss fishing

Alruss fishing has Brook Trout and Brown Trout on the stocking report. Also recorded: White Sucker. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 2022. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

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Last stocked
2025
Brook Trout
Plants on record
6
Since 2022
Species stocked
2 (+1 also recorded)

Fish at Alruss

2 stocked · 2 confirmed present

Brook Trout Stocked · 4 plants · last 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked 2025 · 4 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 2 plants · last 2024 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked 2024 · 2 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide

How Alruss is stocked

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Fish stocked in 2022

2,500

Fish stocked in 2023

1,900

Fish stocked in 2024

2,800

Fish stocked in 2025

1,900

Stocking history

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
2025Brook Trout1,900–report
2024Brown Trout900–report
2024Brook Trout1,900–report
2023Brook Trout1,900–report
2022Brown Trout900–report
2022Brook Trout1,600–report

Access and facts

Nearest town
Ely, MN

Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources before you go.

Nearest lakes

Public land at Alruss

Alruss is inside Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Alruss?

Fishing Alruss usually means Brook Trout: Brook Trout accounts for 4 of 6 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout. Brook Trout was last stocked 2025. Brown Trout was last stocked 2024. White Sucker is recorded here outside the stocking reports.

When is Alruss stocked?

Last stocked 2025. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 2022.

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