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Peshtigo River

WI · Marinette

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

At a glance

County
Marinette County
Last stocked
2025
Species
Muskellunge, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Muskellunge100010.772025
Brown Trout252092025
Rainbow Trout162506.2, 5.562025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

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

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)

Muskellunge, Ninespine Stickleback, Popeye Shiner, Silver Lamprey

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.