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Fish stocking schedules

The agency's own page for when and where fish are stocked. Your state isn't here? It's under Fishing on its state page.

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How this works

Each state's fish and wildlife agency, and its boating, parks and off-road agencies where they're separate, publishes the rules. We link straight to their official pages and booklet PDFs. We never summarise or restate a rule.

  • Current: today is inside the dates the booklet prints.
  • New edition due: the printed end date is 30 days away or less.
  • Check agency: the booklet prints no dates, or they have passed.
  • Booklets coming: we don't have this state's booklet PDFs on file yet, so the tile opens the agency's own page.

We check every state's links against the agency websites on the same day, and the state page says when. File sizes come from the agency's server, so you know what a download costs on mobile data. Deadlines show only when an official page states them. “Where the most people hunt and fish” uses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's count of paid licence holders that each state certifies every year (one person counts once, however many licences they buy).

Sources & last checked

Source: Alabama: Public water fish stockings, Alaska: Statewide sport fish stocking plan, Arizona: Fish stocking schedule, Arkansas: Stocked family fishing ponds, California: Fish planting and stocking data, Colorado: Fish stocking report, Connecticut: Trout stocking maps and report, Delaware: Freshwater trout stocking schedule, Florida: Completed fish stockings, Georgia: Trout fishing and weekly stocking report, Idaho: Fish stocking and schedules, Illinois: Fish stockings (iFish), Indiana: Fish stocking and trout plan, Iowa: Community trout stocking schedule, Kentucky: Monthly trout stocking schedule, Maine: Fish stocking report, Maryland: Trout stocking, Massachusetts: Trout stocked waters list, Michigan: Fish stocking in Michigan, Minnesota: Fish stocking, Montana: Fish stocking plans and reports, Nebraska: Trout stocking reports, Nevada: Fishing and stocking reports, New Hampshire: Fish stocking report, New Jersey: Fall trout stocking schedule, New Mexico: Weekly fishing and stocking report, New York: Spring trout stocking, North Carolina: Trout fishing and stocking schedules, Ohio: Rainbow trout stocking dates, Oklahoma: Trout information and stocking seasons, Oregon: Weekly trout stocking schedule, Pennsylvania: Trout stocking schedules, Rhode Island: Trout stocked waters and updates, South Carolina: Trout stocking summary, Tennessee: Trout stockings, Texas: Rainbow trout stocking schedule, Utah: Fish stocking reports, Vermont: Fish stocking schedule, Virginia: Daily trout stocking schedule, Washington: Catchable trout plant reports, West Virginia: Fish stocking schedule and locations, Wisconsin: Fish stocking, Wyoming: Fish stocking reportlast checked

Every source we use is on the Credits page.

About this tool

Every state's official hunting, fishing and boating booklets, in two taps.

More about this tool

Finding the right regulations booklet shouldn't mean digging through ads and menus. This tool takes you to the current official booklet for your state and activity in two or three taps, says which edition is in effect, and puts the emergency rule changes right beside it. Every link goes to the agency's own site, and every booklet shows the day we last checked it. We review the links every year, when most booklets roll over between March and July. The official booklet is the final word, so check the latest changes before your trip.