Last stocked
September 4, 2025
Plants on record
24
Since 2011
Species recorded
6
Average size
2.9 in
Elevation
3,134.5 ft
How Lake Josephine is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the fourth week of July. In 2025 it was August 6, 2025, later than usual.
No plants recorded in 2014, 2016, and 2024.
Shiloh Conservation Pond 1 (4.4 mi), Lake Elmo (7.2 mi), Laurel Pond (13.5 mi), Broadview Pond (30.3 mi), and Cooney Reservoir (39.5 mi) were stocked more recently. Shiloh Conservation Pond 1 is also stocked with Largemouth Bass, Lake Elmo is also stocked with Channel Catfish, Tiger Muskie, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, and Bluegill, Laurel Pond is also stocked with Largemouth Bass, and Broadview Pond is also stocked with Largemouth Bass.
Fish at Lake Josephine
Fishing Lake Josephine is most likely to be for Largemouth Bass. Largemouth Bass accounts for 10 of 24 plants on record, ahead of Channel Catfish and 4 more.
Around the dates Lake Josephine is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 75.3°F in July, 73.1°F in August, 63.6°F in September, 48°F in October. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo
Largemouth Bass 10 plants
- Plants
- 10 of 24
- Last stocked
- August 6, 2025
- Average length
- 1.9 in
Channel Catfish 6 plants
- Plants
- 6 of 24
- Last stocked
- August 20, 2021
- Average length
- 2 in
Tiger Muskie 3 plants
- Plants
- 3 of 24
- Last stocked
- October 7, 2022
- Average length
- 5.4 in
Bluegill 2 plants
- Plants
- 2 of 24
- Last stocked
- September 4, 2025
- Average length
- 1.6 in
Yellow Perch 2 plants
- Plants
- 2 of 24
- Last stocked
- August 19, 2020
- Average length
- 3.7 in
Smallmouth Bass 1 plant
- Plants
- 1 of 24
- Last stocked
- May 16, 2019
- Average length
- 13 in
Fish stocked per year
- 2,0002011
- 5,0002012
- 10,0002013
- 12,0602015
- 12,0002017
- 1,2002018
- 9,3492019
- 3,5932020
- 7,0002021
- 1002022
- 12,5002023
- 12,5002025
Stocking history
Showing 15 of 24 plants Showing 24 plants
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2025 | Bluegill | 2,500 | 1.61 in | report |
| August 6, 2025 | Largemouth Bass | 10,000 | 1.46 in | report |
| July 28, 2023 | Largemouth Bass | 10,000 | 1.6 in | report |
| July 19, 2023 | Bluegill | 2,500 | 1.62 in | report |
| October 7, 2022 | Tiger Muskie | 100 | 8.6 in | report |
| August 20, 2021 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | 1.69 in | report |
| July 27, 2021 | Largemouth Bass | 5,000 | 1.79 in | report |
| August 19, 2020 | Yellow Perch | 1,593 | 5.1 in | report |
| August 19, 2020 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | 1.61 in | report |
| October 3, 2019 | Channel Catfish | 1,174 | 2.27 in | report |
| July 24, 2019 | Yellow Perch | 3,000 | 2.21 in | report |
| July 24, 2019 | Largemouth Bass | 5,000 | 1.55 in | report |
| June 13, 2019 | Tiger Muskie | 125 | 3.68 in | report |
| May 16, 2019 | Smallmouth Bass | 50 | 12.95 in | report |
| July 3, 2018 | Largemouth Bass | 200 | 2.39 in | report |
| July 3, 2018 | Largemouth Bass | 1,000 | 3.22 in | report |
| August 22, 2017 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | 2 in | report |
| July 18, 2017 | Largemouth Bass | 10,000 | 1.28 in | report |
| August 18, 2015 | Largemouth Bass | 10,000 | 2 in | report |
| July 22, 2015 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | 2.5 in | report |
| July 2, 2015 | Tiger Muskie | 60 | 4 in | report |
| July 25, 2013 | Largemouth Bass | 10,000 | 2.3 in | report |
| August 6, 2012 | Largemouth Bass | 5,000 | 1 in | report |
| September 5, 2011 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | 2 in | report |
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Species stocked here
- Channel Catfish (6)
- Largemouth Bass (10)
- Tiger Muskie (3)
- Smallmouth Bass (1)
- Yellow Perch (2)
- Bluegill (2)
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.