ND Game & Fish Department Fish Stocking Report

Jay Nelson Lake -- Stutsman County

November 2026
 
  2025 Walleye 76,300   Fingerling
   
2024
 
Walleye
 
74,000
   
Fingerling
   
2023
 
Walleye
 
75,400
   
Fingerling
   
2022
 
Walleye
 
75,900
   
Fingerling
   
2021
 
Walleye
 
75,400
   
Fingerling
   
2020
 
Walleye
 
100,800
   
Fingerling
   
2019
 
Walleye
 
150,100
   
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