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Fish Species Historical Summary

Warmwater/coolwater (ww/cw) species of fish such as walleye, muskellunge, catfish and panfish (view more species) are stocked by the Commission generally as juveniles (sub-legal size). The best way to use our ww/cw stocking information is to look at prior years as it takes time (3 to 4 years depending upon the species) for juveniles to reach desirable or legal size (regulations allow anglers to keep)....more.

The table below provides a statewide summary of numbers stocked for each species of fish. To view water bodies stocked, see our county listings of warmwater/coolwater historical stockings, or the current year planned stockings.


-- Abbreviations and terms used on stocking pages --

NUMBER STOCKED STATEWIDE
Species Life Stage 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
American Shad Fingerling - 6,490 - - - 1,240 - -
Fry 10,406,000 6,370,463 2,246,500 11,932,722 4,709,873 5,164,276 4,490,184 2,246,621
Black Crappie Adult 1,140 500 500 - - - - -
Fingerling 2,911 253,123 98,624 845 4,735 193.786 270,373 -
Bluegill Adult 410 500 650 50 50 - 50 -
Fingerling 265,400 12,000 22,299 18,900 228 6,500 25,123 6,700
Brown Bullhead Adult 10,731 - - - - - - -
Chain Pickerel Adult 2 - - - - - - -
Fingerling 4,287 1,639 3,362 463 1,635 4,750 3,448 3,750
Channel Catfish Fingerling 164,123 205,828 353,728 265,652 253,601 209,327 156,146 62,350
Coho Salmon Fingerling 137,204 99,855 - - - - - -
Yearling - 27,786 100,289 69,912 - - - -
Emerald Shiner Adult 385,120 - - - - - 8,788 -
Fathead Minnow Adult 104,000 - 299,500 105,500 155,500 50,000 - -
Golden Shiner Fingerling 185,000 - - - - 26,650 - 2,700
Grass Carp Adult - - - - 200 - - -
Hickory Shad Fry -   100,000 2,950,000 6,115,731 17,248,434 9,104,914 7,815,641
Lake Trout Adult - - - 2,357 - -   160
Fingerling 39,789 52,998 58,905 67,999 81,990 120,446 21,461 31,572
Yearling - - - - - - 59,194 85,499
Largemouth Bass Adult 205 20 - - - - 26 -
Fingerling 38,232 23,927 18,500 585 16,850 18,419 3,158 23,034
Muskellunge Adult 37 - - - - - - -
Fingerling 126,734 111,944 122,947 78,719 122,392 105,847 111,379 104,247
Yearling - - 1,308 1,465 1,603 2,609 2,865 2,525
Northern Pike Fingerling 4,590 5,620 6,618 4,520 6,620 6,530 6,530 6,530
Paddlefish Fingerling 10,905 8,297 5,688 1,602 5,717 32,435 2,706 -
Pumpkinseed Adult - 30 - - - - - -
Rainbow Trout - Steelhead Fingerling 1,107,440 1,020,738 - - - - - -
Yearling - 57,031 1,029,985 717,814 1,074,384 1,056,946 1,064,983 1,004,907
Redear Sunfish Fingerling 34,700 34,656 18,001 34,700 34,700 - 19,500 -
Rock Bass Adult 3 - - - - - - -
Fingerling - - - 3,539 6,800 - - -
Sauger Fingerling 2,000 11,451 7,265 1,000 18,624 - 62,858 -
Saugeye Fingerling 2,650 22,057 13,992 2,200 4,000 - 18,505 -
Smallmouth Bass Adult - 40 - - - - - -
Fingerling 11,115 - - 25,762 22,400 448 - 1,080
Striped Bass Adult 600 - - - - 27 - 81
Fingerling 270,476 223,906 24,081 446,716 37,017 301,050 352,922 212,934
Fry - - - 6,650,000 13,690,000 7,499,998 6,880,000 6,199,000
Suckers Adult 300 - - - - - - -
Tiger Muskellunge Fingerling 63,456 84,275 73,475 87,513 80,476 87,315 91,993 102,202
Yearling - - - - - - - 2,200
Walleye Adult 500 250 500 - - - - -
Fingerling 749,667 588,641 574,718 710,221 799,317 681,752 1,434,542 1,015,580
Fry 76,070,501 69,489,753 71,015,253 83,798,552 84,057,552 73,389,549 92,147,951 51,318,350
Advanced Fry - - - - - - 244,382 88,907
White Crappie Adult - - - - - - - -
Fingerling - 300 - 1,075 8,088 1,200 1,958 -
White Sucker Adult 4 247 300 - - - - -
White X Striped Bass Fingerling 11,400 158,148 92,336 89,295 93,125 45,492 50,670 155,817
Yellow Perch Adult 4 438 484 100 - - - -
Fingerling 46,800 - - - - - 106 81,588
Fry - 1,120,000 1,120,000 1,411,000 1,000,000 947,598 944,600 947,600
All Species Combined Adult 503,056 2,025 301,934 108,007 155,750 50,027 8,864 2,941
Fingerling 3,113,232 2,754,236 1,338,916 1,669,748 1,406,799 1,648,336 2,633,378 1,807,384
Fry 86,476,501 76,980,216 74,481,753 106,742,274 109,573,156 104,249,855 113,567,649 68,527,212
Advanced Fry - - - - - - 244,382 88,907
Yearling - 84,817 1,131,582 789,191 1,075,987 1,059,555 1,127,042 1,100,331

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