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West Branch Maple River

MI · Emmet

  • Stocked

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

At a glance

County
Emmet County
Last stocked
May 27, 2025
Species
Arctic grayling
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Arctic grayling95200.0105-27-2025
Arctic grayling286830.0105-20-2025
Arctic grayling189000.0105-12-2025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Arctic Grayling

Rod: Ultralight spinning rod, or a 2 to 6 weight fly rod.

Line: 4 to 6 lb monofilament. Fly: weight-forward floating line with an 8 to 10 foot leader.

Baits: small baits, where legal

Lures: small flashy spinners, small spoons

Full Arctic Grayling gear guide

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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.