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Kentucky Trout Stocking Schedule and Report, Fall 2026

Kentucky posts each month's trout runs to the day, except on federal property where dates are never announced.

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

79 stocking entries on the 2026 Kentucky record, across 74 waters in 16 counties, from Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The published counts add up to 86,500 fish.

Stocking runs September through October, heaviest in October. 10 dates are announced ahead, the next on Oct 27.

What goes in: rainbow trout.

This page adds 10 waters stocked in the last seven days, live water level and temperature on 3 gauged waters and a page for every county that gets fish.

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Today: Kentucky fishing forecast · best times and fresh stockings

79 stocking records 2026
74 waters
86,500 fish reported
10 upcoming stops listed

Upcoming stockings

Dates the agency has announced but not yet completed.

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 27 Kess Creek Park Lake Graves Rainbow trout 500
Oct 27 Lake Montgomery McCracken Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 27 Mike Miller Park Lake Marshall Rainbow trout 750
Oct 27 Rotary Park Lake Hickman Rainbow trout 500
Oct 28 James D. Beville Park Lake Grayson Rainbow trout 750
Oct 28 Panther Creek Park Lake Daviess Rainbow trout 750
Oct 28 Sandy Watkins Park Lake Henderson Rainbow trout 500
Oct 28 Vastwood Park Lake Hancock Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 28 Waymond Morris Park Lake Daviess Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 28 Yellow Creek Park Lake Daviess Rainbow trout 750

Stocked in the last 45 days

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 22 Boone Tract 6 Acre Lake Henry Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 22 Boulder Pond Jefferson Rainbow trout 400
Oct 22 Cherokee Park Lake Jefferson Rainbow trout 750
Oct 22 Cranks Creek Lake Harlan Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 22 Fisherman's Park Lake #3 Jefferson Rainbow trout 500
Oct 22 Fisherman's Park Lake #4 Jefferson Rainbow trout 500
Oct 22 Greenbo Lake Greenup Rainbow trout 5,500
Oct 22 Highsplint Lake Harlan Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 22 Kingdom Come State Park Lake Harlan Rainbow trout 500
Oct 22 Looney Creek Harlan Rainbow trout 500
Oct 22 Lower Sportsman's Lake Franklin Rainbow trout 500
Oct 22 Martins Fork Lake Tailwaters Harlan Rainbow trout 750
Oct 22 Upper Sportsman's Lake Franklin Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 21 Beaver Creek Wayne Rainbow trout 500
Oct 21 Big Bone Creek Boone Rainbow trout 400
Oct 21 Elk Springs Wayne Rainbow trout 400
Oct 21 Gunpowder Creek Boone Rainbow trout 400
Oct 21 Lake Mingo Jessamine Rainbow trout 500
Oct 21 Middleton Mills Park Long Pond Kenton Rainbow trout 500
Oct 21 Prisoners Lake Kenton Rainbow trout 750
Oct 21 Southland Church Lake Jessamine Rainbow trout 500
Oct 21 Whitehall Park Lake Madison Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 20 Greenbo Lake Greenup Rainbow trout 5,500
Oct 20 Jacobson Park Lake Fayette Rainbow trout 3,000
Oct 20 Mill Creek Lake Powell Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 20 West Hickman Creek Fayette Rainbow trout 500
Oct 20 Wood Creek Lake Laurel Rainbow trout 4,000
Oct 15 Bert T. Combs Lake Clay Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 15 Big Caney Creek Elliott Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 15 Cave Run Lake Tailwaters Rowan Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 15 Fish Pond Letcher Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 15 Fish Trap Lake Tailwaters Pike Rainbow trout 2,000
Oct 15 Grayson Lake Tailwaters Carter Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 15 Laurel Creek Elliott Rainbow trout 750
Oct 15 Little Sandy East Fork Boyd Rainbow trout 800
Oct 15 Russell Fork Creek Pike Rainbow trout 750
Oct 15 Tom Wallace Park Lake Jefferson Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 15 Waverly Park Lake Jefferson Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 15 William Miles Park Anglers Lake Jefferson Rainbow trout 750
Oct 15 William Miles Park Green Heron Lake Jefferson Rainbow trout 500
Oct 14 Beaver Creek Right Fork Floyd Rainbow trout 500
Oct 14 Beulah Lake Jackson Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 14 Buckhorn Lake Tailwaters Perry Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 14 Carr Creek Lake Tailwaters Knott Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 14 Dewey Lake Tailwaters Floyd Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 14 Paintsville Lake Tailwaters Johnson Rainbow trout 2,000
Oct 14 Panbowl Lake Breathitt Rainbow trout 3,000
Oct 14 Yatesville Lake Tailwaters Lawrence Rainbow trout 750
Oct 13 Black Lick Creek Logan Rainbow trout 250
Oct 13 Cannon Creek Lake Bell Rainbow trout 3,000
Oct 13 Clear Creek Bell Rainbow trout 400
Oct 13 Clear Creek Lake Bell Rainbow trout 400
Oct 13 Lynn Camp Creek Hart Rainbow trout 500
Oct 13 Roundstone Creek Hart Rainbow trout 400
Oct 13 Sulphur Springs Simpson Rainbow trout 500
Oct 13 Trammell Creek Allen Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 7 Casey Creek Trigg Rainbow trout 2,000
Oct 7 Floyd's Fork Creek Jefferson Rainbow trout 2,000
Oct 7 Jennings Creek Warren Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 6 Otter Creek Fort Knox Meade Rainbow trout 500
Oct 6 Otter Creek ORA Meade Rainbow trout 1,250

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Monthly runs, year round.

Jan ·
Feb ·
Mar ·
Apr ·
May ·
Jun ·
Jul ·
Aug ·
Sep 7
Oct 72
Nov ·
Dec ·

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Rainbow trout 79 86,500

All stocked waters

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

Allen County 1

Bell County 3

Boone County 2

Breathitt County 1

Elliott County 2

Fayette County 1

Greenup County 1

Harlan County 2

Hart County 2

Jackson County 1

Jessamine County 1

Kenton County 1

Laurel County 1

Trigg County 1

Warren County 1

Wayne County 1

Questions about Kentucky stocking

When does Kentucky stock trout?
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources stocked trout September through October in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 22.
Does Kentucky announce stocking dates in advance?
Yes. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources publishes dates ahead of the truck, and 10 are listed on this page, the next on Oct 27.
Can I see Kentucky stocking by county?
Yes. Every one of the 16 Kentucky counties with stocked water has its own page listing that county's waters, its recent stockings and any dates announced ahead.
Is there a printable Kentucky stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the Kentucky schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get Kentucky stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Kentucky, 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 Kentucky stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources'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 Kentucky waters have live conditions?
3 Kentucky 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 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Kentucky fishing regulations.