Big Stone fishing

Big Stone fishing has Lake Sturgeon and Walleye on the stocking report. It is stocked about 2 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
8
Since 2022
Species recorded
2

Fish at Big Stone

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Walleye Stocked · 5 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 5 plants

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Walleye species guide
Lake Sturgeon Stocked · 3 plants · last January 1, 2024

Last stocked January 1, 2024 · 3 plants

Lake Sturgeon species guide

How Big Stone 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

3,348

Fish stocked in 2023

4,005

Fish stocked in 2024

863,351

Fish stocked in 2025

3,000,000

Stocking history

Showing 5 of 8 plants Showing 8 plants

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Walleye 3,000,000 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 731 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 18,263 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 839,797 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 1,624 – report
January 1, 2024 Lake Sturgeon 2,936 – report
January 1, 2023 Lake Sturgeon 4,005 – report
January 1, 2022 Lake Sturgeon 3,348 – report
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Common questions

What fish are at Big Stone?

Fishing Big Stone usually means Walleye: Walleye accounts for 5 of 8 plants on record, ahead of Lake Sturgeon. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2025. Lake Sturgeon was last stocked January 1, 2024.

When is Big Stone stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about 2 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.