Courthouse fishing

Courthouse fishing has Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 3.3 times a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

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Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Rainbow Trout
Plants on record
13
Since 2022
Species recorded
3

Fish at Courthouse

3 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Rainbow Trout Stocked · 7 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 7 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide
Brook Trout Stocked · 3 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 3 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 3 plants · last January 1, 2024 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2024 · 3 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide

How Courthouse 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

6,345

Fish stocked in 2023

7,245

Fish stocked in 2024

6,340

Fish stocked in 2025

6,160

Stocking history

Showing 5 of 13 plants Showing 13 plants

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Rainbow Trout 6,000 – report
January 1, 2025 Brook Trout 160 – report
January 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 6,200 – report
January 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 40 – report
January 1, 2024 Brown Trout 100 – report
January 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 6,200 – report
January 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 70 – report
January 1, 2023 Brown Trout 120 – report
January 1, 2023 Brook Trout 700 – report
January 1, 2023 Brook Trout 155 – report
January 1, 2022 Rainbow Trout 6,200 – report
January 1, 2022 Rainbow Trout 45 – report
January 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 – report
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Nearest lakes

Firemen's Clayhole 0.7 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 O'Dowd 4.9 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Quarry 7.7 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Unnamed 7.9 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Unnamed 9.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025

Public land at Courthouse

Courthouse is 0.2 miles outside the edge of Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area.

It is 0.7 miles outside the edge of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Courthouse?

Fishing Courthouse usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 7 of 13 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and one more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025. Brook Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025. Brown Trout was last stocked January 1, 2024.

When is Courthouse stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about 3.3 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.