Nebraska’s fisheries managers employ many tools to maintain and enhance our state’s fish populations and fishing opportunities. Stocking fish is just one of those tools. Each year millions of fish are stocked in Nebraska waters from one end of the state to the other, dozens of species are stocked in hundreds of waters.
Trout stocking schedule
2022 Spring Stockings
Each spring, rainbow trout are stocked in city ponds and state park and recreation area lakes across the state by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. These stockings enhance fishing opportunities during fall and winter. Cutthroat and tiger trout stockings also are scheduled for a select number of water bodies.
Stocking schedules can change on short notice for a variety of reasons. The following is a tentative rainbow trout stocking schedule, including quantities:
| Date | City | Waterbody | Number of trout |
| March 14 | Fremont | Fremont Lakes SRA No. 2 | 5,000 |
| March 15 | Humboldt | Humboldt City Park Lake | 350 |
| Pawnee | Pawnee City Pond | 300 | |
| Auburn | Rotary Club Lake | 800 | |
| Falls City | Stanton Lake | 200 | |
| Papillion | Lake Halleck | 1,200 | |
| Weeping Water | Weeping Water Pond | 1,500 | |
| Ashland | CenturyLink Lake | 2,500 | |
| March 16 | Kearney | Fort Kearny SRA No. 6 | 1,200 |
| Gibbon | Windmill SRA No. 2 | 600 | |
| Holdrege | Holdrege City Lake | 1,000 | |
| Nebraska City | Steinhart Park East Pond | 800 | |
| Louisville | Louisville SRA 1A | 600 | |
| Hastings | Heartwell Park Lake | 450 | |
| Grand Island | Such’s Lake | 650 | |
| March 17 | Ponca | Ponca SP Pond | 750 |
| Niobrara | Niobrara SP Pond | 600 | |
| Ord | Auble Pond | 750 | |
| March 18 | Ponca | Ponca State Park | 750 |
| Geneva | Geneva Pond | 300 | |
| Norfolk | Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Lake | 1,500 | |
| March 19 | Columbus | Pawnee Park West Lake | 1,500 |
| West Point | Neligh Park Pond | 900 | |
| Lincoln | Holmes Lake | 4,000 | |
| March 21 | Terrytown | Terry’s Pit | 1,500 |
| Scottsbluff | Riverside Park Pond | 900 | |
| Parks | Rock Creek Lake | 500 | |
| David City | David City Park Pond West | 600 | |
| March 22 | Waterloo | Two Rivers SRA No. 5 | 3,500 |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport SRA Middle Lake | 2,000 | |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport SRA Northwest Lake | 1,400 | |
| March 28 | Morrill | North Morrill Pond | 2,250 |
| Morrill | Middle Morrill Pond | 450 | |
| March 29 | Oxford | Oxford City Lake | 150 |
| Gothenburg | Lake Helen | 2,000 | |
| Lexington | Plum Creek Park Lake | 750 | |
| Others in March as time/weather allows |
Knox and Antelope counties | East Branch of Verdigre Creek | 600 |
| Elm Creek Wildlife Management Area | Elm Creek | 1,000 | |
| Waterloo | Two Rivers SRA Lake No. 5 | 10,500 | |
| Royal | Grove Lake WMA sandpit | 75 | |
| Loup County | Gracie Creek Pond | 500 | |
| April stockings | Knox and Antelope counties | East Branch of Verdigre Creek | 1,000 |
| Waterloo | Two Rivers SRA Lake No. 5 | 10,500 | |
| Ainsworth | Keller Park SRA No. 4 | 250 | |
| Ainsworth | Keller Park SRA No. 5 | 400 | |
| Sand Springs | Plum Creek Valley WMA | 400 | |
| Ogallala | Lake Ogallala | 12,000 | |
| Fort Robinson SP | Lake Carter P. Johnson | 2,500 | |
| Harrison | Gilbert-Baker WMA Pond | 600 | |
| North Platte | Birdwood WMA | 1,000 | |
| Loup County | Gracie Creek Pond | 1,000 | |
| Chadron | Chadron City Reservoir North | 1,700 | |
| Chadron | Chadron City Reservoir South | 1,700 | |
| Chadron | Chadron SP Pond | 500 | |
| Morrill | North Morrill Pond | 2,250 | |
| Morrill | Middle Morrill Pond | 450 | |
| Scottsbluff | Riverside Park Pond | 900 | |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport SRA Northwest Lake | 1,400 | |
| Terrytown | Terry’s Pit | 1,500 | |
| Fort Robinson SP | South Grabel Pond 2 | 1,200 | |
| Fort Robinson SP | Middle Grabel Pond | 600 | |
| Fort Robinson SP | Cherry Creek Diversion Pond | 250 | |
| Parks | Rock Creek Lake | 1,500 | |
| Other stockings already completed | Royal | East Branch of Verdigre Creek | 200 |
| Curtis | Curtis Golf Course Pond | 300 (tiger trout) | |
| Chadron | Chadron State Park Pond | 500 (tiger trout) | |
| Alliance | Alliance Golf Course Pond | 400 (tiger trout) |
History of fish stocking
We’ve been stocking Nebraska water bodies with a diversity of fish species since the late 1920s. Explore the searchable database that shows which species were stocked when and where.
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