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 Fall Stockings
Each fall, 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.
Stocking schedules can change on short notice for a variety of reasons. The following is a tentative rainbow trout stocking schedule, including quantities:
| Date | Location | Waterbody | Number of trout |
| Week of Sept. 26 | Gilbert-Baker WMA, Harrison | Gilbert Baker Pond | 600 |
| Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford | White River | 1,000 | |
| Bridgeport SRA, Bridgeport | Bridgeport Middle Lake | 2,000 | |
| Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford | South Grable Pond | 1,170 | |
| Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford | Middle Grable Pond | 340 | |
| Week of Oct. 3 | Bridgeport SRA, Bridgeport | Bridgeport Northwest Lake | 1,400 |
| Alliance | Laing Lake | 1,500 | |
| Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford | Lake Carter P Johnson | 2,500 | |
| Fort Robinson State Park, Crawford | Cherry Creek Diversion Pond | 250 | |
| Sidney | Sidney Legion Park Pond | 300 | |
| Grove Lake WMA, Royal | East Branch Verdigre Creek | 200 | |
| Week of Oct. 10 | Elm Creek WMA, Red Cloud | Elm Creek | 1,000 |
| Morrill | North Morrill Pond | 2,250 | |
| Morrill | Middle Morrill Pond | 450 | |
| Morrill | South Morrill Pond | 400 | |
| Scottsbluff | Scottsbluff Zoo Pond | 900 | |
| Holdrege | Holdrege City Lake (North Park) | 1,870 | |
| Fort Kearny SRA, Kearney | Fort Kearny No. 6 | 1,200 | |
| Rock Creek SRA, Parks | Rock Creek Lake | 3,000 | |
| Curtis | Curtis Golf Course Pond | 200 | |
| Oxford | Oxford City Lake (George Mitchell Park) | 300 | |
| South Sioux City | Crystal Cove Lake | 3,600 | |
| Fremont SRA, Fremont | Fremont Lake 2 | 3,600 | |
| Grove Lake WMA, Royal | East Branch Verdigre Creek | 200 | |
| Week of Oct. 17 | Grand Island | Grand Island Such’s Lake | 650 |
| Hastings | Heartwell Park Lake | 900 | |
| Geneva | Geneva Pond | 300 | |
| Pawnee | Pawnee City Lake | 300 | |
| Auburn | Auburn Optimist Lake | 800 | |
| Falls City | Stanton Lake | 200 | |
| Humboldt | Humboldt City Park Lake | 600 | |
| Lincoln | Holmes Lake | 3,000 | |
| Lincoln | Bowling Lake | 400 | |
| E.T. Mahoney SP, Ashland | CenturyLink Lake | 1,500 | |
| Kearney | Central Nebraska Veterans Home Pond | 200 | |
| Ansley | Ansley City Lake | 1,000 | |
| Broken Bow | Melham Park Lake | 875 | |
| Ord | Ord City Lake (Auble’s Pond) | 1,500 | |
| Halsey | Bessey Pond | 600 | |
| Burwell | Gracie Creek Pond | 1,000 | |
| Gothenburg | Lake Helen | 1,900 | |
| Windmill SRA, Gibbon | Windmill No. 2 | 600 | |
| Lexington | Plum Creek Park Lake | 750 | |
| Birdwood WMA, North Platte | Birdwood Lake | 3,800 | |
| Fort Robinson SP, Crawford | Middle Ice House Pond | 200 | |
| Fort Robinson SP, Crawford | Lower Ice House Pond | 500 | |
| Ogallala | Humphrey Pond | 600 | |
| Nebraska City | Steinhart Park Pond | 800 | |
| Weeping Water | Weeping Water Park Pond 1 | 1,500 | |
| Papillion | Lake Halleck | 1,200 | |
| Omaha | Fontenelle Lake | 1,200 | |
| Omaha | Benson Lake | 1,050 | |
| Louisville SRA, Louisville | Louisville Pond 1A | 600 | |
| David City | David City Park Pond | 600 | |
| Omaha | Hanscom Park Pond | 450 | |
| Omaha | Towl Park Pond | 300 | |
| Fremont SRA, Fremont | Fremont Lake 2 | 900 | |
| South Sioux City | Crystal Cove Lake | 1,400 | |
| Grove Lake WMA, Royal | East Branch Verdigre Creek | 200 | |
| Oct. 22 | Norfolk | Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Lake | 1,500 |
| Columbus | Pawnee Park West | 1,500 | |
| Week of Oct. 24 | Grove Lake WMA, Royal | Grove Lake | 1,500 |
| Grove Lake WMA, Royal | Grove Sand Pit | 75 | |
| November | Fairbury | Crystal Springs Middle Pond | 1,200 |
| Lake Ogallala SRA, Ogallala | Lake Ogallala | 10,000 | |
| December | Birdwood WMA, North Platte | Birdwood | 4,000 |
| E.T. Mahoney SP, Ashland | CenturyLink Lake | 3,500 | |
| Lincoln | Bowling Lake | 400 | |
| Lincoln | Holmes Lake | 3,000 | |
| Lake Ogallala SRA, Ogallala | Lake Ogallala | 10,000 | |
Fish stocking database
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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