Badger fishing

Badger fishing has Walleye and Bluegill Sunfish on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.3 times a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, dusk, and night as the active times.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Walleye
Plants on record
5
Since 2022
Species recorded
2

Fish at Badger

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Walleye Stocked · 4 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 4 plants

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Walleye species guide
Bluegill Sunfish Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2024

Last stocked January 1, 2024 · 1 plant

How Badger is stocked

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of January. In 2025 it was January 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

Fish stocked in 2022

260,000

Fish stocked in 2023

260,000

Fish stocked in 2024

260,083

Fish stocked in 2025

260,000

Stocking history

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Walleye 260,000 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 259,983 – report
January 1, 2024 Bluegill Sunfish 100 – report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 260,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Walleye 260,000 – report

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Common questions

What fish are at Badger?

Fishing Badger usually means Walleye: Walleye accounts for 4 of 5 plants on record, ahead of Bluegill Sunfish. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2025. Bluegill Sunfish was last stocked January 1, 2024.

When is Badger stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about 1.3 times a year since 2022, most often in January. The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of January. In 2025 it was January 1, 2025, about when it usually is.