Pickerel fishing

Pickerel fishing has Rainbow Trout and Splake on the stocking report. It is stocked about once a year since 2023, most often in January. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Splake
Plants on record
3
Since 2023
Species recorded
2

Fish at Pickerel

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

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
Splake Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2025

Last stocked January 1, 2025 · 1 plant

Splake species guide

How Pickerel is stocked

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Fish stocked in 2023

736

Fish stocked in 2024

917

Fish stocked in 2025

358

Stocking history

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Splake 358 – report
January 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 917 – report
January 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 736 – report

Access and facts

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Nearest lakes

Thistledew 12.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Kinney 18.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Deer 19.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 James 19.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Mott Pit 21.4 mi last stocked January 1, 2025

Public land at Pickerel

Pickerel is 0.6 miles outside the edge of McCarthy Beach State Park.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Pickerel?

Fishing Pickerel usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 2 of 3 plants on record, ahead of Splake. Rainbow Trout was last stocked January 1, 2024. Splake was last stocked January 1, 2025.

When is Pickerel stocked?

Last stocked January 1, 2025. It is stocked about once a year since 2023, most often in January.