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Trout stocking reports

Trout are stocked in city ponds and state park and recreation area lakes across the state each year.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is seeking valuable input from trout anglers, particularly those who fish put-and-take lakes. Information from this voluntary survey will be used to inform future trout management and stocking decisions.

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Nebraska Game and Parks stocks trout in water bodies across the state twice each year, in the spring and the fall. Stocking schedules can change on short notice for a variety of reasons. Planned stockings for fall of 2025 are included in the tables below.

Rainbow trout

The following is a schedule for rainbow trout set to be stocked, including quantities. Please search the Fish Stocking Database for updates on stocked waterbodies. Dates can change because of weather or unforeseen circumstances:

Week of	Water body	City	Location	# of fish
Sept. 22	Gilbert-Baker WMA Pond	Harrison	Gilbert-Baker WMA	450
	Cherry Diversion Creek Pond	Crawford	Fort Robinson State Park	200

Sept. 29	Middle Ice House Pond	Crawford	Fort Robinson State Park	200
	Lower Ice House Pond	Crawford	Fort Robinson State Park	500
	Chadron State Park Pond	Chadron	Chadron State Park	400
	Chadron Creek Ranch WMA Pond	Chadron	Chadron Creek Ranch WMA	150

Oct. 6	East Branch Verdigre Creek	Royal	Grove Lake WMA	200
	Crystal Cove Lake	South Sioux City	Crystal Cove Park	3,000
	Grable South Pond	Crawford	Fort Robinson State Park	1,000
	Grable Middle Pond	Crawford	Fort Robinson State Park	450
	Grable North Pond	Crawford	Fort Robinson State Park	600
	Riverside Pond	Scottsbluff		700
	Bridgeport Northwest Pond	Bridgeport	Bridgeport SRA	700

Oct. 13	Holmes Lake	Lincoln		2,500
	Kramer Park Lake	Bellevue	Kramer Park	2,000
	Towl Park Pond	Omaha	Towl Park	200
	Fontenelle Lagoon	Bellevue	Fontenelle Forest	400
	Benson Park Lagoon	Omaha	Benson Park	700
	CenturyLink Lake	Ashland	E.T. Mahoney State Park	1,200
	Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Lake	Norfolk	Ta-Ha-Zouka Park	1,500
	Pawnee Park East Lake	Columbus	Pawnee Park	1,000
	Fremont Lake #18	Fremont	Fremont Lakes SRA	2,000
	East Branch Verdigre Creek	Royal	Grove Lake WMA	200
	North Morrill Pond	Morrill		1,500
	Middle Morrill Pond	Morrill		200
	South Morrill Pond	Morrill		200
	Rock Creek Lake	Parks	Rock Creek Lake SRA	2,500
	Laing Lake	Alliance		1,000
	Bridgeport Northwest Pond	Bridgeport	Bridgeport SRA	700
	Gracie Creek Pond	Burwell	Calamus SRA	1,000
	Optimist Lake	Auburn	Auburn Fairgrounds	470
	Humboldt City Park Lake	Humboldt	Humboldt City Park	200
	Pawnee City Pond	Pawnee City		200
	Stanton Lake	Falls City		200
	Auble Pond	Ord		1,200
	Bethphage Pond	Axtell		200
	Central NE Veterans Home Pond	Kearney		200
	Heartwell Park Lake	Hastings	Heartwell Park	600
	Suck’s Lake	Grand Island		500
	Fort Kearny No. 6	Kearney	Fort Kearny SRA	1,060
	Windmill SRA No. 2	Gibbon	Windmill SRA	1,000
	North Park Lake	Holdrege	North Park	1,300
	Elm Creek	Red Cloud	Elm Creek WMA	750
	Oxford City Lake	Oxford		300
	Melham Park Lake	Broken Bow		700

Oct. 20	East Branch Verdigre Creek	Royal	Grove Lake WMA	1,500
	Grove Lake	Royal	Grove Lake WMA	200
	Birdwood Lake	North Platte	Birdwood WMA	3,000
	Humphrey Pond	Ogallala		480
	Lake Helen	Gothenburg		1,600
	Weeping Water Pond No. 1	Weeping Water	Weeping Water Park	750
	Steinhart Park Pond	Nebraska City	Arbor Day Farm	400
	Plum Creek Park Lake	Lexington	Plum Creek Park	600
	Ansley City Lake	Ansley		800
	Bessey Pond	Halsey	Bessey Recreation Complex	300
	Geneva City Pond	Geneva		200
	Clark’s Pond	Sutton		200
	Louisville SRA Pond No. 1A	Louisville	Louisville SRA	500
	Lake Halleck	Papillion		1,200
	Gretna Crossing Pond	Gretna		200
	David City Park Pond (west)	David City		450
	Bowling Lake	Lincoln		400

Oct. 27	East Branch Verdigre Creek	Royal	Grove Lake WMA	200

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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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