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Indian River

MI · Cheboygan

  • Stocked

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Cheboygan County
Last stocked
October 28, 2026
Species
Muskellunge
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Muskellunge173829.210-28-2026
Muskellunge174430.5310-26-2026

Gear for the fish stocked here

Muskellunge and Tiger Muskie

Rod: Stout, heavy casting rod, 7 to 9 feet. Trolling rods: 8 to 10 feet, medium-heavy, rated 20 to 40 lb.

Line: From 20 to 35 lb line up to 50 to 80 lb braid. Heavy braid is now the common choice.

Baits: live suckers about 10 to 14 inches

Lures: bucktail and inline spinners, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits

Full Muskellunge and Tiger Muskie gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

American Brook Lamprey, Arctic Grayling, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Brown Trout, Channel Darter, Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Shiner, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Muskellunge, Ninespine Stickleback, Northern Redbelly Dace, River Chub, Rosyface Shiner, Sand Shiner, Silver Lamprey, Silver Redhorse, Spottail Shiner, Trout-perch, Western Blacknose Dace

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.