US fish-stocking almanac
Where and when fish were stocked — dated, mapped, and cited.
StockedWaters turns scattered state-agency stocking data into clean, source-attributed pages for every lake and river — so you know exactly when your water was last stocked.
Featured waters
Kings River, Below Pine Flat Dam
Fresno County · 1 species · 76 records
Last stocked July 2026
Baum Lake
Shasta County · 1 species · 53 records
Last stocked July 2026
Cowlitz River
Lewis County · 5 species · 2642 records
Last stocked May 2026
Lewis River North Fork
Cowlitz County · 4 species · 1360 records
Last stocked June 2026
Lake Ontario
Wayne County · 8 species · 611 records
Last stocked May 2026
West Branch Ausable River
Essex County · 3 species · 526 records
Last stocked May 2025
Canyon Ferry Lake
7 species · 2261 records
Last stocked September 2025
Fort Peck Lake
16 species · 1842 records
Last stocked July 2025
Strawberry Reservoir
WASATCH County · 4 species · 4147 records
Last stocked June 2026
Logan River
CACHE County · 5 species · 2246 records
Last stocked July 2026
Guides & reports
All guides →Lake Trout Stocking: Where America's Biggest Trout Get Planted
New York's Lake Ontario and Finger Lakes lake trout program dwarfs every other state here — but Utah holds its own with one trophy desert lake.
Read the guide →Golden Trout Stocking: A California Native, Mostly Planted in Washington and Montana
California's state fish is native to the Sierra Nevada — but in this dataset, Washington and Montana each record more golden trout stockings than anywhere else.
Read the guide →Cutthroat Trout Stocking: Native Conservation Meets Trophy Fishing
Montana stocks more cutthroat trout than anywhere else — but Utah's Strawberry Reservoir and Bear Lake post the biggest single-water totals, one of them a real native-species comeback story.
Read the guide →Coverage
Live states have full waterbody, species, and near-me pages. More are ingested and coming online.
| State | Records | Waters | Geocoded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 112,817 | 1,498 | 112,595 | ● Live |
| Montana | 111,723 | 3,825 | 111,723 | ● Live |
| Washington | 108,994 | 3,312 | 83,757 | ● Live |
| New York | 40,893 | 1,413 | 36,156 | ● Live |
| California | 4,429 | 446 | 4,429 | ● Live |
| Tennessee | 730 | 151 | 730 | Ingested |
| Connecticut | 232 | 204 | 232 | Ingested |
| New Jersey | 181 | 181 | 181 | Ingested |
| Kentucky | 174 | 132 | 174 | Ingested |
| Georgia | 48 | 48 | 48 | Ingested |