The annual fall stocking of rainbow trout into ponds and lakes across Nebraska is beginning. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission fish hatcheries staff are releasing catchable (10-inch or greater) trout to enhance fishing opportunities this fall and winter.
“This popular program emphasizes our urban and community waters statewide,” said Daryl Bauer, Game and Parks' fisheries outreach program manager. “We encourage anglers to get out and enjoy the weather and harvest a few trout.
“Don’t let this pass by as an opportunity to teach a new angler how
to fish either," Bauer said. "Trout are a great starter fish."
For young or new anglers, a spinning or spincast rod-and-reel with a worm baited hook works well.
If you are just getting into fishing, read Game and Parks’ Going Fishing Guide, available at OutdoorNebraska.
gov. There, you also can find addi -
tional information on fishing or buy your fishing permit.
Game and Parks is seeking input from trout anglers, particularly those who fish put-and-take lakes. To ac complish this, a survey is available at OutdoorNebraska.gov. Search “trout stocking reports.” Information from this survey will be used to inform future trout management and stocking decisions.
The following is a schedule for rainbow trout set to be stocked, including quantities. Dates can change because of weather or unforeseen circumstances: Week of Sept. 22
Gilbert-Baker Wildlife Management Area pond, Harrison, 450 Cherry Creek Diversion Pond, Fort Robinson State Park, 200 Week of Sept. 29
Middle Ice House Pond, Fort Robinson SP, 200 Lower Ice House Pond, Fort Robinson SP, 500 Chadron SP Pond, Chadron, 400 Chadron Creek Ranch WMA Pond, Chadron, 150 Week of Oct. 6
East Branch Verdigre Creek, Royal, 200 Crystal Cove Lake, South Sioux City, 3,000 Grable South Pond, Fort Robinson SP, 1,000 Grable Middle Pond, Fort Robinson SP, 450 Grable North Pond, Fort Robinson SP, 600 Riverside Park Pond, Scottsbluff, 700 Bridgeport State Recreation Area northwest lake, Bridgeport, 700 Week of Oct. 13
Holmes Lake, Lincoln, 2,500 Kramer Park Lake, Bellevue, 2,000 Towl Park Pond, Omaha, 200 Fontenelle Park Pond, Omaha, 400 Benson Park Pond, Omaha, 700 CenturyLink Lake, Eugene T. Mahoney SP, 1,200 Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Lake, Norfolk, 1,500 Pawnee Park East, Columbus, 1,000 Fremont Lakes SRA Lake No. 18, 2,000 East Branch Verdigre Creek, Royal, 200 North Morrill Pond, Morrill, 1,500 Middle Morrill Pond, Morrill, 200 South Morrill Pond, Morrill, 200 Rock Creek Lake, Parks, 2,500 Laing Lake, Alliance, 1,000 Bridgeport SRA northwest lake, Bridgeport, 700 Gracie Creek Pond, Burwell, 1,000 Optimist Lake, Auburn, 470 Humboldt City Park Lake, Humboldt, 200 Pawnee City Lake, Pawnee City, 200 Stanton Lake, Falls City, 200 Auble Pond, Ord, 1,200 Bethpage Pond, Axtell, 200 Central Nebraska Veterans Home Pond, Kearney, 200 Heartwell Park, Hastings, 600 Suck’s Lake, Grand Island, 500 Fort Kearny No. 6, Kearney, 1,060 Windmill SRA No. 2, Gibbon, 1,000 North Park Lake, Holdredge, 1,300 Elm Creek, Elm Creek WMA, Red Cloud, 750 Oxford City Lake, Oxford, 300 Melham Park Lake, Broken Bow, 700 Week of Oct. 20
Grove Lake, Royal,1,500 East Branch Verdigre Creek, Royal, 200 Birdwood Lake, North Platte, 3,000 Humphrey Pond, Ogallala, 480 Lake Helen, Gothenburg, 1,600 Weeping Water No. 1, Weeping Water, 750 Steinhart Park Pond, Nebraska City, 400 Plum Creek Park Lake, Lexington, 600 Ansley City Lake, Ansley, 800 Bessey Pond, Halsey, 300 Geneva City Pond, Geneva, 200 Clark’s Pond, Sutton, 200 Louisville SRA Lake 1A, Louisville, 500 Lake Halleck, Papillion, 1,200 Gretna Crossing, Gretna, 200 David City west pond, David City, 450 Bowling Lake, Lincoln, 400 Week of Oct. 27
East Branch Verdigre Creek, Royal, 200
