Loon fishing

Loon fishing is stocked with Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, and Splake on a natural lake. It is stocked about 3.8 times a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout, 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 · Splake
Plants on record
15
Since 2022
Species recorded
4

Fish at Loon

4 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Rainbow Trout Stocked · 9 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 9 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 4 plants · last January 1, 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 4 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide
Splake Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2025

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 1 plant

Splake species guide
Walleye Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2022 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked January 1, 2022 · 1 plant

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Walleye species guide

How Loon 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

502,226

Fish stocked in 2023

2,266

Fish stocked in 2024

2,734

Fish stocked in 2025

2,256

Stocking history

Showing 5 of 15 plants Showing 15 plants

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Splake 1,000 – report
January 1, 2025 Rainbow Trout 25 – report
January 1, 2025 Rainbow Trout 1,031 – report
January 1, 2025 Brown Trout 200 – report
January 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 2,507 – report
January 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 27 – report
January 1, 2024 Brown Trout 200 – report
January 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 25 – report
January 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 2,021 – report
January 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 20 – report
January 1, 2023 Brown Trout 200 – report
January 1, 2022 Walleye 500,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Rainbow Trout 2,002 – report
January 1, 2022 Rainbow Trout 24 – report
January 1, 2022 Brown Trout 200 – report
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Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Nearest town
McGregor, MN

MN DNR LakeFinder lists a state-owned access on the east side of Loon Lake inside Savannah Portage State Park (access type marked permit). Nearest town on the DNR record is McGregor.

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Common questions

What fish are at Loon?

Fishing Loon usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 9 of 15 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and 2 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025. Brown Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025. Splake was last stocked January 1, 2025. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2022.

When is Loon stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about 3.8 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.

How do you get on Loon?

The nearest town is McGregor, MN. MN DNR LakeFinder lists a state-owned access on the east side of Loon Lake inside Savannah Portage State Park (access type marked permit). Nearest town on the DNR record is McGregor.

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