Shoe fishing

Shoe fishing has Splake 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.

Illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
January 1, 2025
637 days ago · Brook Trout
Plants on record
4
Since 2022
Species recorded
2

Fish at Shoe

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Splake Stocked · 3 plants · last January 1, 2024

Last stocked January 1, 2024 · 3 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

How Shoe 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

2,000

Fish stocked in 2023

2,000

Fish stocked in 2024

2,520

Fish stocked in 2025

2,000

Stocking history

Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2025 Brook Trout 2,000 – report
January 1, 2024 Splake 2,520 – report
January 1, 2023 Splake 2,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Splake 2,000 – report

Access and facts

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Nearest lakes

Esther 6.4 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Mink 9.4 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Unnamed 9.5 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Trout 9.8 mi last stocked January 1, 2025 Kimball 9.8 mi last stocked January 1, 2025

Public land at Shoe

Shoe is less than 0.1 miles outside the edge of Superior National Forest.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Shoe?

Fishing Shoe usually means Splake: Splake accounts for 3 of 4 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout. Splake was last stocked January 1, 2024. Brook Trout was last stocked January 1, 2025.

When is Shoe 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.