StockingMap

Iowa Trout Stocking Schedule and Report, Fall 2026

Iowa announces community stockings to the day and the clock hour, and runs announced and unannounced stream stockings April through October.

Data checked 2026-10-22 · source: Iowa DNR

37 stocking entries on the 2026 Iowa record, across 24 waters, from Iowa DNR.

Stocking runs January through April and again October through November, heaviest in October. 18 dates are announced ahead, the next on Oct 26.

What goes in: rainbow trout.

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  • 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.
37 stocking records 2026
24 waters
18 upcoming stops listed

Upcoming stockings

Dates the agency has announced but not yet completed.

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 26 Terra Lake Polk Rainbow trout
Oct 26 Triumph Park West & East Dallas Rainbow trout
Oct 27 Big Lake Pottawattamie Rainbow trout
Oct 27 Moorland Pond Webster Rainbow trout
Oct 28 Heritage Pond Dubuque Rainbow trout
Oct 28 North Prairie Lake Black Hawk Rainbow trout
Oct 29 Sand Lake Marshall Rainbow trout
Oct 31 Discovery Park Pond Muscatine Rainbow trout
Oct 31 Emma Young Pond Clinton Rainbow trout
Oct 31 Marr Park Pond Washington Rainbow trout
Nov 2 Liberty Centre Pond Johnson Rainbow trout
Nov 2 North Ridge Park Pond Johnson Rainbow trout
Nov 2 Ottumwa Park Pond (South Pond) Wapello Rainbow trout
Nov 3 Ely Pond Linn Rainbow trout
Nov 3 Noelridge Park Pond Linn Rainbow trout
Nov 4 Bacon Creek Lake Woodbury Rainbow trout
Nov 7 Stolley Pond Rainbow trout
Nov 24 Blue Pit Cerro Gordo Rainbow trout

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Spring and winter events; streams April to October.

Jan 6
Feb 1
Mar 9
Apr 3
May ·
Jun ·
Jul ·
Aug ·
Sep ·
Oct 10
Nov 8
Dec ·

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Rainbow trout 37

Schedule changes

When the agency moves or drops a published date, it shows here instead of quietly disappearing.

All stocked waters

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

Lee County 1

Questions about Iowa stocking

When does Iowa stock trout?
Iowa DNR stocked trout January through April and again October through November in 2026.
Does Iowa announce stocking dates in advance?
Yes. Iowa DNR publishes dates ahead of the truck, and 18 are listed on this page, the next on Oct 26.
Is there a printable Iowa stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the Iowa schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get Iowa stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Iowa, 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 Iowa stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Iowa DNR'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.
All rows come from Iowa DNR publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Iowa fishing regulations.