When does Colorado stock fish?

Colorado Parks and Wildlife stocked fish August through October in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 23.

Is there a printable Colorado stocking schedule?

Yes. The print view on this page lays the Colorado schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.

How do I get Colorado stocking updates automatically?

This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Colorado, 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 Colorado stocking information?

The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's own publications. It was last read Oct 24. Schedules change without notice, sometimes the morning of the stocking, so check the agency's page before a long drive.

Which Colorado waters have live conditions?

3 Colorado waters carry a USGS gauge, so their page shows the current level, the flow against the seasonal normal and the water temperature where the gauge reports one.

Colorado Fish Stocking Report and Schedule, Fall 2026

CPW posts a rolling three-week report of catchable trout plants, updated Fridays. No counts and no species split; that is all the state publishes.

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: Colorado Parks and Wildlife

118 stocking entries on the 2026 Colorado record, across 102 waters, from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Stocking runs August through October, heaviest in October.

What goes in: trout.

This page adds 14 waters stocked in the last seven days and live water level and temperature on 3 gauged waters.

Follow Colorado stocking

RSS feed New stockings as they post. Works in Feedly and any feed reader.
Calendar (iCal) Copy this link, then in Google Calendar choose Other calendars, From URL. Announced dates land on your calendar and stay current.
Print this schedule A clean one-pager for the shop wall or the truck.
Put this on your site A free embeddable strip of the latest stockings, for club and shop pages.

Today: Colorado fishing forecast · best times and fresh stockings

118 stocking records 2026

102 waters

Stocked in the last 45 days

Date	Water	Species
Oct 23	Crystal River	Trout
Oct 23	Georgetown Lake	Trout
Oct 23	Harvey Gap Reservoir	Trout
Oct 23	Highline Lake	Trout
Oct 23	Hudson Town Pond	Trout
Oct 23	Jayhawker Pond #1	Trout
Oct 23	Mack Mesa Lake	Trout
Oct 23	Rifle Gap Reservoir	Trout
Oct 23	Roberts Lake	Trout
Oct 23	Severance City Pond	Trout
Oct 16	Boulder Kids Pond	Trout
Oct 16	Cherry Creek Reservoir	Trout
Oct 16	Confluence Lake	Trout
Oct 16	Coot Pond	Trout
Oct 16	KOA Lake Boulder	Trout
Oct 16	McCall Lake	Trout
Oct 16	North Lake Park Pond	Trout
Oct 16	Pintail Pond	Trout
Oct 16	Pueblo Reservoir	Trout
Oct 16	San Isabel Lake	Trout
Oct 16	Trinidad Reservoir	Trout
Oct 16	Webster Lake	Trout
Oct 16	Windsor Reservoir	Trout
Oct 9	Anticline Lake	Trout
Oct 9	Breeze Pond	Trout
Oct 9	Flatiron Reservoir	Trout
Oct 9	Fountain Lake	Trout
Oct 9	Lon Hagler reservoir	Trout
Oct 9	McMurry Park Lake	Trout
Oct 9	Prospect Pond #3 South	Trout
Oct 9	Riverbend Pond #2	Trout
Oct 9	Runyon Lake	Trout
Oct 9	San Miguel River #3	Trout
Oct 9	Severance City Pond	Trout
Oct 2	Arvada Reservoir	Trout
Oct 2	Bear Creek Reservoir	Trout
Oct 2	Brush Hollow Reservoir	Trout
Oct 2	Dillon Reservoir	Trout
Oct 2	Fruita Red Rocks	Trout
Oct 2	Golden Gravel #3	Trout
Oct 2	Pathfinder Park Pond	Trout
Oct 2	Pike View Reservoir	Trout
Oct 2	Prospect Lake	Trout
Oct 2	Quail Lake	Trout
Oct 2	Sunset Lake	Trout
Oct 2	Thomas Reservoir	Trout
Oct 2	Thornton Gravel Lake #2	Trout
Sep 25	Beaver Creek Reservoir	Trout
Sep 25	Big Meadows Reservoir	Trout
Sep 25	Manitou Reservoir	Trout
Sep 25	Pericles Pond	Trout
Sep 25	Ridgway Reservoir	Trout
Sep 25	Shavano Pond	Trout
Sep 18	Big Creek Lake Lower	Trout
Sep 18	Blue Lake	Trout
Sep 18	Casey Pond	Trout
Sep 18	Christine Lake	Trout
Sep 18	Fetcher City Pond	Trout
Sep 18	Harvey Gap	Trout
Sep 18	Old Orchard	Trout
Sep 18	Old pond	Trout
Sep 18	Rifle Pond South	Trout
Sep 18	Roans Pothole	Trout
Sep 18	Tiago Lake	Trout
Sep 18	Waldens Kids Pond	Trout
Sep 11	Axial Basin	Trout
Sep 11	Circle Park Pond	Trout
Sep 11	Craig City Pond	Trout
Sep 11	Scenery Pond	Trout
Sep 11	Sleepycat Pond	Trout

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Spring through fall, reported weekly.

Jan ·

Feb ·

Mar ·

Apr ·

May ·

Jun ·

Jul ·

Aug 37

Sep 34

Oct 47

Nov ·

Dec ·

What gets stocked

Species	Stockings	Fish
Trout	118

All stocked waters

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

Statewide 79

Questions about Colorado stocking

When does Colorado stock fish?: Colorado Parks and Wildlife stocked fish August through October in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 23.
Is there a printable Colorado stocking schedule?: Yes. The print view on this page lays the Colorado schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get Colorado stocking updates automatically?: This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Colorado, 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 Colorado stocking information?: The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Colorado Parks and Wildlife's own publications. It was last read Oct 24. Schedules change without notice, sometimes the morning of the stocking, so check the agency's page before a long drive.
Which Colorado waters have live conditions?: 3 Colorado waters carry a USGS gauge, so their page shows the current level, the flow against the seasonal normal and the water temperature where the gauge reports one.

All rows come from Colorado Parks and Wildlife publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Colorado fishing regulations.