ND Game & Fish Department Fish Stocking Report

Cottonwood Lake -- Williams County

 November 2026
 
  2026 Yellow Perch 4,647   Adult
  2026 Northern Pike 42,000   Fingerling
   
2025		  
Yellow Perch		  
9,516		    
Adult
   
2024		  
Walleye		  
29,700		    
Fingerling
   
2023		  
Yellow Perch		  
3,640		    
Adult
  2023 Walleye 300,000   Fry
   
2022		  
Walleye		  
33,000		    
Fingerling
   
2021		  
Yellow Perch		  
26,069		    
Adult
  2021 Walleye 30,400   Fingerling
   
2020		  
Yellow Perch		  
18,710		    
Adult
  2020 Walleye 67,200   Fingerling
   
2019		  
Yellow Perch		  
3,440		    
Adult
  2019 Walleye 69,600   Fingerling
   
2018		  
Walleye		  
100,800		    
Fingerling
   
2017		  
Walleye		  
80,600		    
Fingerling
   
2016		  
Walleye		  
61,750		    
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