Some changes have been made to the original fall trout stocking schedule and the schedule has been adjusted below. Click here for details >
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
2021 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 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 |
| Week of Sept. 27 | Crawford | Lower Ice House (Fort Robinson SP) | 500 |
| Crawford | Middle Ice House (Fort Robinson SP) | 250 | |
| Crawford | Cherry Creek (Fort Robinson SP) | 250 | |
| Crawford | Grabel No. 2 (Fort Robinson SP) | 1,200 | |
| Crawford | Grabel No. 3 (Fort Robinson SP) | 650 | |
| Week of Oct. 4 | Ogallala | Humphrey Pond | 600 |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport SRA middle lake | 2,000 | |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport SRA northwest lake | 1,400 | |
| Alliance | Laing Lake | 1,500 | |
| Crawford | Carter P. Johnson Lake (Fort Robinson SP) | 2,500 | |
| Red Cloud | Elm Creek | 1,000 | |
| Week of Oct. 11 | Morrill | North Morrill Pond | 2,250 |
| Morrill | Middle Morrill Pond | 450 | |
| Morrill | South Morrill Pond | 400 | |
| Scottsbluff | Riverside Park Pond | 900 | |
| Holdrege | Holdrege City Lake | 1,800 | |
| Kearney | Fort Kearny SRA No. 6 | 1,080 | |
| Curtis | Curtis golf course pond | 150 | |
| Oxford | Oxford City Lake | 300 | |
| South Sioux City | Crystal Cove Lake | 2,500 | |
| Norfolk | Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Lake | 1,500 | |
| Columbus | Pawnee Park west pond | 1,500 | |
| Fremont | Fremont Lakes SRA No. 2 | 3,000 | |
| Omaha | Fontenelle Park Pond | 1,200 | |
| Omaha | Benson Park Pond | 1,050 | |
| Omaha | Hanscom Park Pond | 450 | |
| Omaha | Towl Park Pond | 300 | |
| Papillion | Lake Halleck | 1,200 | |
| Nebraska City | Steinhart Park Pond | 800 | |
| Weeping Water | Weeping Water Park Pond | 1,500 | |
| Louisville | Louisville SRA Lake 1a | 600 | |
| Omaha | Standing Bear Lake | 2,000 | |
| Week of Oct. 18 | Gothenburg | Lake Helen1 | 1,900 |
| Niobrara | Niobrara State Park pond | 750 | |
| Gibbon | Windmill SRA No. 2 | 540 | |
| Lexington | Plum Creek Park Pond | 675 | |
| Week of Oct. 25 | Halsey | Bessey Pond | 600 |
| North Platte | Birdwood WMA | 2,500 | |
| Hastings | Heartwell Park Lake | 810 | |
| Grand Island | Suck’s Lake | 585 | |
| Ansley | Ansley City Pond | 750 | |
| Kearney | Central Nebraska Veteran’s Home Pond | 200 | |
| Ord | Auble Pond | 1,000 | |
| Wilber | Wilber Reservoir No. 1 | 300 | |
| Lincoln | Bowling Lake (south pond) | 400 | |
| Lincoln | Holmes Lake | 3,000 | |
| Eugene T. Mahoney SP | CenturyLink Lake | 1,500 | |
| Auburn | Optimist Lake | 800 | |
| Falls City | Stanton Lake | 200 | |
| Pawnee | Pawnee City Park Lake | 300 | |
| Humboldt | Humboldt City Park Lake | 600 | |
| Broken Bow | Melham Park Lake | 750 | |
| David City | David City Park Pond West | 600 | |
| Cutthroat trout stockings (week of Sept. 27) | Crawford (Fort Robinson SP) | White River | 75- |
| Crawford (Fort Robinson SP) | Lake Carter P. Johnson | 950 | |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport SRA | 1,000 | |
| Alliance | Alliance golf course pond | 300 | |
| Royal | Grove Lake WMA sandpit | 50 | |
| Tiger trout stockings | Curtis (week of Oct. 11) | Curtis golf course | 300 |
| (week of Oct. 25) | Rock Creek SRA | Rock Creek Lake | 1,000 |
| (week of Oct. 25) | Chadron | Chadron State Park Pond | 500 |
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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