ND Game & Fish Department Fish Stocking Report

Eckelson Lake South -- Barnes County

November 2026
 
  2026 Walleye 500,000   Fry
   
2025
 
Northern Pike
 
24,000
   
Fingerling
   
2022
 
Northern Pike
 
100,000
   
Fry
   
2021
 
Northern Pike
 
250,000
   
Fry
   
2020
 
Northern Pike
 
149,180
   
Fingerling
   
2019
 
Northern Pike
 
26,070
   
Fingerling
   
2017
 
Northern Pike
 
25,058
   
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