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Becker County

Bad Medicine Lake

The Minnesota DNR reports 16,000 trout stocked in Bad Medicine Lake (Becker County) in 2025, the latest year in its lake stocking report. The DNR reports stocking by year, not by day. Minnesota DNR lists it as “Bad Medicine”.

Minnesota DNR data pulled .

Bad Medicine Lake, Minnesota
Photo: Cyndi and Dave, CC BY 2.0, Flickr

Bad Medicine Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
16,000
yearly average, 2020–2024
16,000
years stocked since 2020
6
Stocking log

Every stocking record

Every trout stocking the DNR reports for this lake, by year, species and size class (fry, fingerlings, yearlings, adults), newest first.

Stocked in 202516,00016,000 rainbow trout
Every year since 2020
YearSpeciesSizeFish
2025Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings16,000
2024Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings16,000
2023Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings16,000
2022Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings16,000
2021Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings16,000
2020Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings16,000
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

Shown from 2020 to 2025, the latest year the DNR has published. The tallest year is yellow.

  1. 16k2020: 16,000 fish
  2. 16k2021: 16,000 fish
  3. 16k2022: 16,000 fish
  4. 16k2023: 16,000 fish
  5. 16k2024: 16,000 fish
  6. 16k2025: 16,000 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout96,000100%

Where it is

Minnesota trout stockingAll Becker County waters

Open on a map

Map point 47.1276, -95.3957: the USGS Geographic Names Information System point for this lake (feature 1877783). It marks the water, not a parking lot or a boat launch.

Closest waters on this site

Straight-line distance between map points, not driving distance.

Also in Becker County: Hanson Lake, Sucker Creek, Dead Horse Creek, Elbow Lake Creek.

Source: DNR lake stocking report, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Pulled . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.

Near Bad Medicine Lake

Boat access, bait shops, rentals and places to stay within 10 miles. Distances are straight lines from the map point of the water, not driving distance.

Bait and tackleNone in 10 mi
Boat rentalNone in 10 mi
Campground0.4miLodging1.6mi

Campgrounds and RV parks

nearest 3

Lodging

nearest 3
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