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Farm Island Lake

MN · Aitkin

  • Stocked
  • 1,961 acres mapped (USGS NHD)
  • 14.3 miles of shoreline

The pin marks the middle of the water, for directions. The shoreline on the map comes from USGS NHD.

At a glance

Acres
1,961 acres
Shoreline
14.3 miles of shoreline
County
Aitkin County
Last stocked
2025
Species
Walleye
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Walleye895933fingerlings, fry2025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Walleye

Rod: Medium action spinning rod, 6 to 7.5 feet, for jigs and live bait. Medium to medium-heavy, 6.5 to 9 feet, for crankbaits and trolling.

Line: 6 to 10 lb for jigs and bait, 10 to 12 lb for crankbaits and trolling. Mono, fluorocarbon or braid all work.

Baits: minnows, nightcrawlers, leeches

Lures: lead-head jigs with 3 to 4 inch curly tail grub or shad plastics, blade baits, deep diving crankbaits

Full Walleye gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Bigmouth Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Brown Trout, Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Redhorse, Golden Shiner, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Muskellunge, Northern Redbelly Dace, Rosyface Shiner, Sand Shiner, Silver Redhorse, Spotfin Shiner, 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.