Otter Tail fishing

Otter Tail fishing has Walleye and Lake Sturgeon on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 2022, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, dusk, and night as the active times.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Walleye
Plants on record
6
Since 2022
Species recorded
2

Fish at Otter Tail

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
Lake Sturgeon Stocked · 2 plants · last January 1, 2025

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 2 plants

Lake Sturgeon species guide

How Otter Tail 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

4,875,000

Fish stocked in 2023

4,850,000

Fish stocked in 2024

4,849,973

Fish stocked in 2025

4,001,506

Stocking history

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Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Walleye 4,000,000 – report
January 1, 2025 Lake Sturgeon 1,506 – report
January 1, 2024 Walleye 4,846,887 – report
January 1, 2024 Lake Sturgeon 3,086 – report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 4,850,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Walleye 4,875,000 – report
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Common questions

What fish are at Otter Tail?

Fishing Otter Tail usually means Walleye: Walleye accounts for 4 of 6 plants on record, ahead of Lake Sturgeon. Walleye was last stocked January 1, 2025. Lake Sturgeon was last stocked January 1, 2025.

When is Otter Tail 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.