Horseshoe fishing

Horseshoe fishing has Rainbow Trout and Walleye on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye.

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Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Walleye
Plants on record
6
Since 2022
Species recorded
2

Fish at Horseshoe

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
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 2 plants · last January 1, 2024 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2024 · 2 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide

How Horseshoe 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

175,000

Fish stocked in 2023

85,000

Fish stocked in 2024

90,500

Fish stocked in 2025

85,000

Stocking history

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Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Walleye 85,000 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 85,000 – report
January 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 5,500 – report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 85,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Walleye 170,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Rainbow Trout 5,000 – report
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Common questions

What fish are at Horseshoe?

Fishing Horseshoe usually means Walleye: Walleye accounts for 4 of 6 plants on record, ahead of Rainbow Trout. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2025. Rainbow Trout was last stocked January 1, 2024.

When is Horseshoe stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about 1.5 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.