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Michigan stocking report

Lake Michigan - Grand Traverse Bay

49 records Last reported: May 28, 2026

Last reported stocking

The latest reported stocking at Lake Michigan - Grand Traverse Bay was on May 28, 2026: 65,386 Lake Trout (7.05 in avg).

Record last checked: . This is not a stocking date.

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Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

A schedule is a plan, not confirmation that fish were released. Stocking records do not guarantee fish are still available.

No current or upcoming schedule is in this archive. Check the official report before choosing a trip date.

County
Antrim
Species on record
Lake Trout
Records
49 records
Official source
Michigan Department of Natural Resources report

Location map

Lake Michigan - Grand Traverse Bay location context

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Agency records

Stocking history

49 records from April 24, 2008 to May 28, 2026. Open a year to browse its records; scroll tables sideways for all columns. Scheduled means planned, even when the date has passed. Blank fields mean the source did not publish that detail.

2026 2 records
2026 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 28, 2026 reported Lake Trout65,3867.05 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 28, 2026 reported Lake Trout54,8616.65 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2023 2 records
2023 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 8, 2023 reported Lake Trout65,5785.63 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 8, 2023 reported Lake Trout55,6065.79 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2022 3 records
2022 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
June 8, 2022 reported Lake Trout31,2366.73 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
June 8, 2022 reported Lake Trout36,7476.69 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
June 8, 2022 reported Lake Trout51,5446.65 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2021 6 records
2021 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 15, 2021 reported Lake Trout2,3406.81 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 15, 2021 reported Lake Trout32,1947.13 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 15, 2021 reported Lake Trout34,7807.09 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 15, 2021 reported Lake Trout12,4836.97 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 15, 2021 reported Lake Trout12,5606.81 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 11, 2021 reported Lake Trout12,5606.81 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2019 2 records
2019 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 8, 2019 reported Lake Trout64,8345.91 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 8, 2019 reported Lake Trout53,9356.06 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2018 2 records
2018 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 15, 2018 reported Lake Trout65,1765.98 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 15, 2018 reported Lake Trout55,2205.98 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2017 2 records
2017 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 20, 2017 reported Lake Trout10,3926.54 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2017 reported Lake Trout51,8316.54 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2016 3 records
2016 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 10, 2016 reported Lake Trout31,8006.22 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 8, 2016 reported Lake Trout91,3006.18 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 8, 2016 reported Lake Trout22,2006.22 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2015 4 records
2015 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 21, 2015 reported Lake Trout38,2066.1 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 21, 2015 reported Lake Trout52,9755.98 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 21, 2015 reported Lake Trout24,9506.1 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2015 reported Lake Trout33,2066.06 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2014 4 records
2014 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 22, 2014 reported Lake Trout16,1506.21 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2014 reported Lake Trout25,7576.22 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2014 reported Lake Trout61,4626.11 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2014 reported Lake Trout35,6726.23 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2013 4 records
2013 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 20, 2013 reported Lake Trout27,7776.35 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2013 reported Lake Trout61,8706.41 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2013 reported Lake Trout20,0006.36 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 18, 2013 reported Lake Trout34,5106.33 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2012 2 records
2012 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 18, 2012 reported Lake Trout84,2246.28 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 18, 2012 reported Lake Trout40,8766.32 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2011 3 records
2011 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 20, 2011 reported Lake Trout37,5006.15 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2011 reported Lake Trout18,5006.35 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 20, 2011 reported Lake Trout9,2506.35 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2009 5 records
2009 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 7, 2009 reported Lake Trout72,2356.22 in avg Site: Elk Rapids - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 6, 2009 reported Lake Trout19,1826.21 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 6, 2009 reported Lake Trout47,8036.3 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 6, 2009 reported Lake Trout18,0246.05 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 6, 2009 reported Lake Trout25,4836.21 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
2008 5 records
2008 stocking records and official sources
Date / statusSpeciesFishSizeNotesSource
May 5, 2008 reported Lake Trout100,4756.3 in avg Site: Elk Rapids - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
May 2, 2008 reported Lake Trout60,0076.3 in avg Site: Grand Traverse Bay Shoal - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 24, 2008 reported Lake Trout24,5805.63 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 24, 2008 reported Lake Trout69,0005.16 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources
April 24, 2008 reported Lake Trout9,8005.08 in avg Site: G Traverse Bay, Torch Lake Village - G0716; Federal Plant Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Records retain the dates, quantities, and status supplied by the linked agencies. An event missing here does not mean the water was not stocked - some plants go unreported or are published elsewhere.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources. A record for this water was last checked on . This check date is not a stocking date.

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