StockingMap

Arizona Fish Stocking Schedule and Report, Fall 2026

The community program schedule runs quarterly: catfish through fall, trout in the desert lakes from December. Dates are weeks, deliberately.

Data checked 2026-10-22 · source: Arizona Game and Fish Department

246 stocking entries on the 2026 Arizona record, across 53 waters, from Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Stocking runs August through December, heaviest in October. 137 dates are announced ahead, the next on Oct 26.

What goes in: catfish and trout. Catfish alone accounts for 147 of the entries.

This page adds 27 waters stocked in the last seven days and live water level and temperature on 1 gauged water.

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246 stocking records 2026
53 waters
137 upcoming stops listed

Upcoming stockings

Dates the agency has announced but not yet completed. A date marked wk means the agency schedules that stop by week, not by day.

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 26wk Alamar Park Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Bonsall Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Copper Sky Lake Catfish
Oct 26wk Dave White Regional Park Catfish
Oct 26wk Discovery Ponds Catfish
Oct 26wk Eastmark Phase 4 Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Festival Fields Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Friendship Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Gilbert Regional Park Catfish
Oct 26wk Greenfield Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Heroes Regional Park Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk McQueen Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Pacana Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Roadrunner Pond Catfish
Oct 26wk Tempe Town Lake Catfish
Oct 26wk Water Ranch Lake *(Special Regulations) Catfish
Nov 2wk Alvord Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Benders Pond Catfish
Nov 2wk Chaparral Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Copper Sky Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Cortez Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Council Avenue Pond Catfish
Nov 2wk Cowpunch Pond Trout
Nov 2wk Desert Breeze Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Desert West Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Encanto Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Fortuna Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Green Valley Lakes Trout
Nov 2wk Kennedy Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Kiwanis Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Lakeside Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Mansel Carter Oasis Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk PAAC Pond Catfish
Nov 2wk Paloma Park Catfish
Nov 2wk Papago Ponds Catfish
Nov 2wk Pioneer Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Red Mountain Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Rio Vista Pond Catfish
Nov 2wk Riverview Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Sahuarita Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Show Low Creek (Meadow at Bluff Trail) Trout
Nov 2wk Silverbell Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Steele Indian School Pond Catfish
Nov 2wk Sundance Park Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Surprise Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk Veterans Oasis Lake Catfish
Nov 2wk West Wetlands Pond Catfish
Nov 16wk Cowpunch Pond Trout
Nov 16wk Fain Lake Trout
Nov 16wk Green Valley Lakes Trout
Nov 16wk Patterson Ponds Trout
Nov 16wk Show Low Creek (Meadow at Bluff Trail) Trout
Nov 16wk Yavapai Lakes (Urban Forest Park) Trout
Nov 30wk Alamar Park Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Alvord Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Bonsall Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Chaparral Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Cortez Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Dave White Regional Park Trout
Nov 30wk Desert West Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Encanto Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Evelyn Hallman Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Festival Fields Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Friendship Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Graham County Fairgrounds Trout
Nov 30wk Green Valley Lakes Trout
Nov 30wk Heroes Regional Park Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Kennedy Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Lakeside Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Pacana Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Paloma Park Trout
Nov 30wk Papago Ponds Trout
Nov 30wk Pioneer Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Red Mountain Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Rio Vista Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Riverview Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Sahuarita Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Silverbell Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Steele Indian School Pond Trout
Nov 30wk Sundance Park Lake Trout
Nov 30wk Surprise Lake Trout
Dec 7wk Copper Sky Lake Trout
Dec 7wk Desert Breeze Lake Trout
Dec 7wk Discovery Ponds Trout
Dec 7wk Eastmark Phase 4 Pond Trout
Dec 7wk Freestone Pond Trout
Dec 7wk Gilbert Regional Park Trout
Dec 7wk Greenfield Pond Trout
Dec 7wk Kiwanis Lake Trout
Dec 7wk Mansel Carter Oasis Lake Trout
Dec 7wk McQueen Pond Trout
Dec 7wk Roadrunner Pond Trout
Dec 7wk Veterans Oasis Lake Trout
Dec 7wk Water Ranch Lake *(Special Regulations) Trout
Dec 14wk Alvord Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Benders Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Bonsall Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Chaparral Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Cortez Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Council Avenue Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Dave White Regional Park Trout
Dec 14wk Desert West Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Encanto Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Festival Fields Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Fortuna Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Friendship Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Green Valley Lakes Trout
Dec 14wk Heroes Regional Park Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Kennedy Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Lakeside Lake Trout
Dec 14wk PAAC Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Pacana Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Paloma Park Trout
Dec 14wk Papago Ponds Trout
Dec 14wk Pioneer Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Red Mountain Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Rio Vista Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Riverview Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Sahuarita Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Silverbell Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Steele Indian School Pond Trout
Dec 14wk Sundance Park Lake Trout
Dec 14wk Surprise Lake Trout
Dec 14wk West Wetlands Pond Trout
Dec 28wk Copper Sky Lake Trout
Dec 28wk Desert Breeze Lake Trout
Dec 28wk Discovery Ponds Trout
Dec 28wk Eastmark Phase 4 Pond Trout
Dec 28wk Freestone Pond Trout
Dec 28wk Gilbert Regional Park Trout
Dec 28wk Greenfield Pond Trout
Dec 28wk Kiwanis Lake Trout
Dec 28wk Mansel Carter Oasis Lake Trout
Dec 28wk McQueen Pond Trout
Dec 28wk Roadrunner Pond Trout
Dec 28wk Veterans Oasis Lake Trout
Dec 28wk Water Ranch Lake *(Special Regulations) Trout

Stocked in the last 45 days

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 19 Alvord Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Chaparral Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Cortez Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Cowpunch Pond Trout
Oct 19 Desert Breeze Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Encanto Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Evelyn Hallman Pond Catfish
Oct 19 Fain Lake Trout
Oct 19 Graham County Fairgrounds Catfish
Oct 19 Green Valley Lakes Trout
Oct 19 Kennedy Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Kiwanis Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Lakeside Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Mansel Carter Oasis Lake Catfish
Oct 19 PAAC Pond Catfish
Oct 19 Paloma Park Catfish
Oct 19 Papago Ponds Catfish
Oct 19 Pioneer Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Red Mountain Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Rio Vista Pond Catfish
Oct 19 Riverview Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Show Low Creek (Meadow at Bluff Trail) Trout
Oct 19 Silverbell Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Steele Indian School Pond Catfish
Oct 19 Sundance Park Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Surprise Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Veterans Oasis Lake Catfish
Oct 19 Yavapai Lakes (Urban Forest Park) Trout
Oct 5 Alvord Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Chaparral Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Copper Sky Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Cortez Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Desert Breeze Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Desert West Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Discovery Ponds Catfish
Oct 5 Encanto Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Gilbert Regional Park Catfish
Oct 5 Kennedy Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Kiwanis Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Lakeside Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Mansel Carter Oasis Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Paloma Park Catfish
Oct 5 Papago Ponds Catfish
Oct 5 Pioneer Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Red Mountain Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Rio Vista Pond Catfish
Oct 5 Riverview Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Sahuarita Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Silverbell Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Steele Indian School Pond Catfish
Oct 5 Sundance Park Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Surprise Lake Catfish
Oct 5 Veterans Oasis Lake Catfish

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. October to June; December trout.

Jan ·
Feb ·
Mar ·
Apr ·
May ·
Jun ·
Jul ·
Aug 9
Sep 43
Oct 73
Nov 65
Dec 56

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Catfish 147
Trout 99

All stocked waters

Every Arizona water we hold a stocking page for, county by county, with its most recent date. The filter above narrows this list too.

Questions about Arizona stocking

When does Arizona stock fish?
Arizona Game and Fish Department stocked fish August through December in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 19.
Does Arizona announce stocking dates in advance?
Yes. Arizona Game and Fish Department publishes dates ahead of the truck, and 137 are listed on this page, the next on Oct 26.
Is there a printable Arizona stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the Arizona schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get Arizona stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Arizona, and each county page offers the same for that county alone. Subscribing to the calendar puts announced stocking dates straight into your own calendar.
How current is this Arizona stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Arizona Game and Fish Department's own publications. It was last read Oct 22. Schedules change without notice, sometimes the morning of the stocking, so check the agency's page before a long drive.
Which Arizona waters have live conditions?
1 Arizona water carries a USGS gauge, so its page shows the current level, the flow against the seasonal normal and the water temperature where the gauge reports one.
All rows come from Arizona Game and Fish Department publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Arizona fishing regulations.