ND Game & Fish Department Fish Stocking Report

Cottonwood Lake -- McHenry County

 November 2026
 
  2026 Walleye 25,200   Fingerling
   
2025		  
Walleye		  
24,200		    
Fingerling
   
2024		  
Walleye		  
25,300		    
Fingerling
   
2023		  
Walleye		  
25,200		    
Fingerling
   
2022		  
Walleye		  
25,500		    
Fingerling
   
2020		  
Walleye		  
25,000		    
Fingerling
   
2018		  
Walleye		  
26,800		    
Fingerling
   
2016		  
Walleye		  
25,600		    
Fingerling
 
- Fry are newly hatched fish -- Fingerlings are young fish from 1" to 3" in length -- Advanced Fingerlings are young fish from 4 - 10" in length -- Catchables are young Trout from 8 - 10" in length -- Smolts are young Salmon from 4" - 6" in length