Cotton fishing

Cotton fishing has Brook Trout and Walleye on the stocking report. It is stocked about 2 times a year since 2023, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brook Trout and dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Walleye
Plants on record
6
Since 2023
Species recorded
2

Fish at Cotton

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
Brook Trout Stocked · 2 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 2 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide

How Cotton is stocked

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

No plants recorded in 2024.

Fish stocked in 2023

17,774

Fish stocked in 2025

24,214

Stocking history

Showing 5 of 6 plants Showing 6 plants

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Walleye 4,915 – report
January 1, 2025 Walleye 10,095 – report
January 1, 2025 Brook Trout 9,204 – report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 4,191 – report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 7,385 – report
January 1, 2023 Brook Trout 6,198 – report
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Access and facts

Nearest lakes

Public land at Cotton

Cotton is 0.8 miles outside the edge of Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Cotton?

Fishing Cotton usually means Walleye: Walleye accounts for 4 of 6 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2025. Brook Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025.

When is Cotton stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about 2 times a year since 2023, most often in January. No plants recorded in 2024.