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St. Louis County

Kinney Lake

The Minnesota DNR reports 4,370 trout stocked in Kinney Lake (St. Louis 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 “Kinney”.

Minnesota DNR data pulled .

A lake with trees and mountains
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Kinney Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
4,370
yearly average, 2020–2024
2,120
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 20254,3702,400 rainbow trout; 1,970 splake
Every year since 2020
YearSpeciesSizeFish
2025Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,400
2025Splakeyearlingsyearlings1,970
2024Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,400
2023Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,200
2022Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,400
2021Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings2,400
2020Rainbow troutyearlingsyearlings1,200
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 1.2k2020: 1,200 fish
  2. 2.4k2021: 2,400 fish
  3. 2.4k2022: 2,400 fish
  4. 2.2k2023: 2,200 fish
  5. 2.4k2024: 2,400 fish
  6. 4.4k2025: 4,370 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout13,00087%
Splake1,97013%

Where it is

Minnesota trout stockingAll St. Louis County watersTrout stocking near Duluth

Open on a map

Map point 47.5123, -92.7224: the USGS Geographic Names Information System point for this lake (feature 661646). 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 St. Louis County: Miner's Pit, Dry Lake, Briar Lake, Little Trout Lake, Sand Lake, High Lake, St James Pit, Alruss Lake.

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

Near Kinney 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
Campground3.5miLodging6.3mi

Campgrounds and RV parks

nearest 3

Lodging

nearest 3
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