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Thompson Creek

MN · Lake of the Woods

  • Stocked

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

At a glance

County
Lake of the Woods County
Last stocked
2025
Species
Brook Trout, Brown Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Brook Trout75adults2025
Brown Trout7500fingerlings2025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

Full Brown Trout gear guide

Brook Trout

Rod: Fairly light spinning or spincast rod, the same light gear used for other trout.

Line: 4 to 6 lb test.

Baits: worms, crickets, grasshoppers

Lures: small spoons, small spinners, small jigs

Full Brook Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Bigmouth Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Brassy Minnow, Creek Chub, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Redhorse, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Northern Redbelly Dace, Silver Redhorse, Trout-perch

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.