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Clearwater County

Island Lake

The Minnesota DNR reports 3,300 trout stocked in Island Lake (Clearwater County) in 2025, the latest year in its lake stocking report. The DNR reports stocking by year, not by day. Minnesota DNR lists it as “Island”.

Minnesota DNR data pulled .

A lake with mountains
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Island Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
3,300
yearly average, 2020–2024
2,300
years stocked since 2020
6
Stocking log

Every stocking record

Every trout stocking the DNR reports for this lake, by year, species and size class (fry, fingerlings, yearlings, adults), newest first.

Stocked in 20253,3003,000 rainbow trout; 300 brown trout
Every year since 2020
YearSpeciesSizeFish
2025Brown troutyearlingsyearlings300
2025Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings3,000
2024Brown troutyearlingsyearlings300
2024Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings3,000
2023Brown troutyearlingsyearlings300
2023Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,400
2022Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings1,500
2021Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,000
2020Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,000
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

Shown from 2020 to 2025, the latest year the DNR has published. The tallest year is yellow.

  1. 2.0k2020: 2,000 fish
  2. 2.0k2021: 2,000 fish
  3. 1.5k2022: 1,500 fish
  4. 2.7k2023: 2,700 fish
  5. 3.3k2024: 3,300 fish
  6. 3.3k2025: 3,300 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout13,90094%
Brown trout9006%

Open on a map

Map point 47.2661, -95.4990: the USGS Geographic Names Information System point for this lake (feature 645501). It marks the water, not a parking lot or a boat launch.

Closest waters on this site

Straight-line distance between map points, not driving distance.

Also in Clearwater County: Long Lake, Deep Lake, Clearwater River - Polk/Clearwater Co. Line to Lower Long Lake.

Source: DNR lake stocking report, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Pulled . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.

Near Island Lake

Boat access, bait shops, rentals and places to stay within 10 miles. Distances are straight lines from the map point of the water, not driving distance.

Bait and tackleNone in 10 mi
Boat rentalNone in 10 mi
Campground6.9miLodging5.3mi

Campgrounds and RV parks

nearest 3

Lodging

nearest 2
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Businesses: Overture Maps Foundation open places data (release 2026-10-21.0, pulled 2026-11-06), from the businesses’ public listings. We have not visited them and do not rank them. Hours and services change, so call ahead.