Dry fishing

Dry fishing has Splake, Brown Trout, and Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about once a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

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Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Brook Trout
Plants on record
4
Since 2022
Species recorded
3

Fish at Dry

3 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Splake Stocked · 2 plants · last January 1, 2023

Last stocked January 1, 2023 · 2 plants

Splake species guide
Brook Trout Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 1 plant

Best: dawn, day, dusk

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

Last stocked January 1, 2024 · 1 plant

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide

How Dry 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

4,400

Fish stocked in 2023

4,100

Fish stocked in 2024

2,050

Fish stocked in 2025

5,512

Stocking history

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Brook Trout 5,512 – report
January 1, 2024 Brown Trout 2,050 – report
January 1, 2023 Splake 4,100 – report
January 1, 2022 Splake 4,400 – report

Access and facts

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Nearest lakes

Little Dry 0.4 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 High 0.9 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Miner's Pit 3.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Hanson 3.7 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Chant 4.7 mi last stocked January 1, 2025

Public land at Dry

Dry is 0.2 miles outside the edge of Superior National Forest.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Dry?

Fishing Dry usually means Splake: Splake accounts for 2 of 4 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and one more. Splake was last stocked January 1, 2023. Brook Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025. Brown Trout was last stocked January 1, 2024.

When is Dry stocked?

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