Last stocked
January 1, 2025
Plants on record
71
Since 2010
Species recorded
3
Average size
7.2 in
Surface acres
0.7
Access and facts
- Water type
- river section
- Nearest town
- New Richmond, WI
- Shore access
- Yes
New Richmond's Sather Nature Center has a concrete canoe/kayak put-in on the Willow River, river left just below the Highway 64 bridge, part of Wisconsin's designated Willow River Water Trail.
Sources: water_type , access.shore , shore_notes , shore_notes , nearest_town , photos , speciesFound
How Willow River is stocked
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.
About 579,513 reported fish per acre, the most of 5 lakes in St. Croix County with both a fish count and a surface area.
Fish at Willow River
Fishing Willow River is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 44 of 71 plants on record, ahead of Rainbow Trout and one more.
Brown Trout 44 plants
- Plants
- 44 of 71
- Last stocked
- January 1, 2025
- Average length
- 4.8 in
Rainbow Trout 26 plants
- Plants
- 26 of 71
- Last stocked
- January 1, 2025
- Average length
- 11.1 in
Brook Trout 1 plant
- Plants
- 1 of 71
- Last stocked
- January 1, 2014
- Average length
- 9 in
Fish stocked per year
- 48,2062010
- 25,8842011
- 13,9872012
- 32,7462013
- 6,4472014
- 14,6732015
- 12,1562016
- 17,6712017
- 24,3372018
- 31,1332019
- 26,2272020
- 24,7372021
- 19,4192022
- 24,3262023
- 64,5972024
- 19,1132025
Stocking history
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| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 150 | 11.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Brown Trout | 1,800 | 2.9 in | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 4,743 | 8.5 in | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Brown Trout | 12,000 | 5.61 in | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 150 | 18.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Brown Trout | 50 | 2.3 in | report |
| January 1, 2025 | Brown Trout | 220 | 2.3 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 10,651 | 6.75 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 3,583 | 8.47 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Brown Trout | 34,380 | 3.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 157 | 18.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Brown Trout | 8,000 | 5.6 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Brown Trout | 186 | 1.5 in | report |
| January 1, 2024 | Brown Trout | 7,640 | 3.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Brown Trout | 9,284 | 3 in | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 5,828 | 8.5 in | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Brown Trout | 9,079 | 5.43 in | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 35 | 11.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 100 | 18.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Brown Trout | 315 | 2.27 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Brown Trout | 7,659 | 3.3 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 200 | 18.3 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Brown Trout | 125 | 3 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Brown Trout | 5,700 | 5.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 180 | 11.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 5,240 | 9.49 in | report |
| January 1, 2021 | Brown Trout | 10,506 | 5.6 in | report |
| January 1, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 660 | 15.32 in | report |
| January 1, 2021 | Brown Trout | 10,332 | 3.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 3,239 | 9.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Brown Trout | 11,440 | 3.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | 326 | 15.55 in | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Brown Trout | 8,063 | 5.5 in | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | 5,816 | 9.33 in | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Brown Trout | 582 | 1.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2019 | Rainbow Trout | 6,029 | 9.08 in | report |
| January 1, 2019 | Brown Trout | 20,297 | 2.93 in | report |
| January 1, 2019 | Brown Trout | 4,447 | 6 in | report |
| January 1, 2019 | Brown Trout | 360 | 12 in | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Brown Trout | 120 | 12.5 in | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Brown Trout | 5,472 | 5.9 in | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Brown Trout | 14,188 | 2.98 in | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Rainbow Trout | 2,847 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Brown Trout | 1,710 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2017 | Brown Trout | 12,998 | 3 in | report |
| January 1, 2017 | Rainbow Trout | 2,828 | 9.6 in | report |
| January 1, 2017 | Brown Trout | 1,845 | 9.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2016 | Rainbow Trout | 4,991 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2016 | Brown Trout | 150 | 3 in | report |
| January 1, 2016 | Brown Trout | 7,015 | 3.4 in | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Rainbow Trout | 2,646 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Brown Trout | 98 | 2 in | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Brown Trout | 3,154 | 9.17 in | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Brown Trout | 8,775 | 3.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2014 | Rainbow Trout | 1,000 | 9.4 in | report |
| January 1, 2014 | Brown Trout | 4,277 | 3 in | report |
| January 1, 2014 | Brook Trout | 1,170 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2013 | Brown Trout | 23,291 | 3.5 in | report |
| January 1, 2013 | Brown Trout | 2,108 | 9.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2013 | Brown Trout | 5,946 | 3 in | report |
| January 1, 2013 | Rainbow Trout | 1,401 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Brown Trout | 10,897 | 4.9 in | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Brown Trout | 2,000 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Rainbow Trout | 1,090 | 8.8 in | report |
| January 1, 2011 | Brown Trout | 2,205 | 9 in | report |
| January 1, 2011 | Rainbow Trout | 1,249 | 9.2 in | report |
| January 1, 2011 | Brown Trout | 22,430 | 3.05 in | report |
| January 1, 2010 | Brown Trout | 19,995 | 2.1 in | report |
| January 1, 2010 | Brown Trout | 5,600 | 9.97 in | report |
| January 1, 2010 | Brown Trout | 19,911 | 3.13 in | report |
| January 1, 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 2,700 | 9.25 in | report |
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Species found here
Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.
- Northern pike : Warmwater species found below the dam at Willow River State Park, distinct from the trout stocked upstream. (source)
Species stocked here
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.