Big fishing
Big fishing has Muskellunge and Walleye on the stocking report. It is stocked about 3 times a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Muskellunge and dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye.
- Last stocked
- January 1, 2025
- 637 days ago · Walleye
- Plants on record
- 12
- Since 2022
- Species recorded
- 2
Fish at Big
Muskellunge Stocked · 6 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk
Walleye Stocked · 6 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk, night
How Big is stocked
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
1,609,928
Fish stocked in 2023
1,056,100
Fish stocked in 2024
2,266,050
Fish stocked in 2025
1,033,268
Stocking history
Showing 5 of 12 plants Showing 12 plants
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2025 | Walleye | 1,033,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Muskellunge | 47 | – | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Muskellunge | 23 | – | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Muskellunge | 198 | – | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Walleye | 1,050,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Walleye | 1,215,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Muskellunge | 1,050 | – | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Walleye | 1,056,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Muskellunge | 100 | – | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Walleye | 500,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Walleye | 1,108,800 | – | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Muskellunge | 1,128 | – | report |
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Access and facts
Nearest lakes
Public land at Big
Big is 0.6 miles outside the edge of Chippewa National Forest.
Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.