Rainbow Trout Stocked · 15 plants · last 2025 Best: dawn, dusk Blue fishing
Blue fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout and Splake on a natural lake. Also recorded: Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike. It is stocked about 4 times a year since 2022. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Largemouth Bass and dawn, day, and dusk for Northern Pike.
- Last stocked
- 2025
- Splake
- Plants on record
- 16
- Since 2022
- Species stocked
- 2 (+2 also recorded)
Fish at Blue
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 15 plants · last 2025 Best: dawn, dusk 
Splake Stocked · 1 plant · last 2025 Last stocked 2025 · 1 plant
Splake species guide
Largemouth Bass Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk Best: dawn, dusk
Largemouth Bass species guide
Northern Pike Confirmed present Best: dawn, day, dusk Best: dawn, day, dusk
Northern Pike species guideHow Blue is stocked
Fish stocked in 2022
5,071
Fish stocked in 2023
4,971
Fish stocked in 2024
4,956
Fish stocked in 2025
5,527
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Splake | 2,000 | – | report |
| 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 50 | – | report |
| 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 26 | – | report |
| 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 2,051 | – | report |
| 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 1,400 | – | report |
| 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 899 | – | report |
| 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 4,017 | – | report |
| 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 40 | – | report |
| 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 900 | – | report |
| 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 30 | – | report |
| 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 4,001 | – | report |
| 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 40 | – | report |
| 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 35 | – | report |
| 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 36 | – | report |
| 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 1,000 | – | report |
| 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 4,000 | – | report |
Access and facts
- Water type
- natural lake
- Nearest town
- Aitkin, MN
MN DNR LakeFinder lists an open public carry-in access on the west side of Blue Lake (DOW 01018100). Nearest town on the DNR record is Aitkin.
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Common questions
What fish are at Blue?
Fishing Blue usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 15 of 16 plants on record, ahead of Splake. Rainbow Trout was last stocked 2025. Splake was last stocked 2025. Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike are recorded here outside the stocking reports.
When is Blue stocked?
Last stocked 2025. It is stocked about 4 times a year since 2022.
How do you get on Blue?
The nearest town is Aitkin, MN. MN DNR LakeFinder lists an open public carry-in access on the west side of Blue Lake (DOW 01018100). Nearest town on the DNR record is Aitkin.