Bear Island fishing

Bear Island fishing has Walleye and Rainbow Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about once a year since 2023, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Walleye
Plants on record
3
Since 2023
Species recorded
2

Fish at Bear Island

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Walleye Stocked · 2 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 2 plants

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Walleye species guide
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 1 plant

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide

How Bear Island is stocked

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

No plants recorded in 2024.

Fish stocked in 2023

900,000

Fish stocked in 2025

920,000

Stocking history

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Walleye 900,000 – report
January 1, 2025 Rainbow Trout 20,000 – report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 900,000 – report

Access and facts

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Nearest lakes

Johnson 3.6 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Norberg 4.7 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Cub 5.3 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Wolf 7.8 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Miner's Pit 10.7 mi last stocked January 1, 2025

Public land at Bear Island

Bear Island is 0.4 miles outside the edge of Superior National Forest.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Bear Island?

Fishing Bear Island usually means Walleye: Walleye accounts for 2 of 3 plants on record, ahead of Rainbow Trout. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2025. Rainbow Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025.

When is Bear Island stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about once a year since 2023, most often in January. No plants recorded in 2024.