Massachusetts Trout Stocking Report 2026
MassWildlife runs a spring season and a fall season and wipes its published report between them. The fall trucks usually start rolling in late September.
Data checked 2026-08-28 · source: MassWildlife
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1,104
stocking records 2026
488
waters
Between seasons
Massachusetts is between stocking seasons. Spring and fall seasons.
The 2026 season at a glance
Stocking records by month. Spring and fall seasons.
Jan
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Feb
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Mar
144
Apr
585
May
369
Jun
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Jul
6
Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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What gets stocked
| Species | Stockings | Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow trout | 493 | |
| Brown trout | 347 | |
| Brook trout | 250 | |
| Tiger trout | 14 |
State record fish
The heaviest fish of each species ever certified in Massachusetts, from the MassWildlife record book. Weights are shown exactly as the agency publishes them; waters we track link to their stocking pages.
| Species | Weight | Water | Angler | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carp | 46 lbs 5 oz | Quinsigamond Lake, Shrewsbury | Shane Felch | 2012 |
| Northern Pike | 35 lbs 0 oz | Quacumquasit Pond, Brookfield | Don Greenwood, Jr. | 1988 |
| Tiger Muskellunge | 27 lbs 0 oz | Pontoosuc Lake, Pittsfield | James Lambert | 2001 |
| Channel Catfish | 26 lbs 8 oz | Ashfield Lake, Ashfield | Dana Dodge | 1989 |
| Lake Trout | 25 lbs 7 oz | Quabbin Reservoir | William Roy | 2016 |
| Broodstock Salmon | 22 lbs 15 oz | Mattawa Lake, Orange | Donald Savoy | 1997 |
| Brown Trout | 19 lbs 10 oz | Wachusett Reservoir | Dana Deblois | 1966 |
| Largemouth Bass | 15 lbs 8 oz | Sampson Pond, Carver | Walter Bolonis | 1975 |
| Rainbow Trout | 13 lbs 13 oz | Wachusett Reservoir | Jeffrey Greco | 1999 |
| American Shad | 11 lbs 4 oz | Connecticut River | Bob Thibodo | 1986 |
| Walleye | 11 lbs 0 oz | Quabbin Reservoir | Robert Methot | 1973 |
| Landlocked Salmon | 10 lbs 2 oz | Wachusett Reservoir | Richard Gagne | 1985 |
| Brook Trout | 10 lbs 0 oz | Ashfield Lake, Ashfield | Peter Harand | 2008 |
| Bowfin | 9 lbs 10 oz | Taunton River | Andrew Langley | 2020 |
| Tiger Trout | 9 lbs 7 oz | Peter's Pond, Sandwich | Michael Shelton | 2004 |
| Chain Pickerel | 9 lbs 5 oz | Laurel Lake, Lee | Mrs. James Martin | 1954 |
| White Catfish | 9 lbs 3 oz | Baddacook Pond, Groton | Michael Payne | 1987 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 8 lbs 2 oz | Wachusett Reservoir | Barbara Sasen | 1991 |
| Bullhead | 6 lbs 4 oz | Forest Lake, Methuen | Roger Aziz, Jr. | 2008 |
| Crappie | 4 lbs 10 oz | Jake's Pond, Plymouth | James Crowley | 1980 |
| White Sucker | 3 lbs 12 oz | Millers River, Erving | Kathy Flagg | 2024 |
| White Perch | 3 lbs 8 oz | Wachusett Reservoir | Val Percuoco | 2016 |
| Yellow Perch | 2 lbs 12 oz | South Watuppa Pond, Fall River | James O'Conner | 1979 |
| Fallfish | 2 lbs 2 oz | Millers River, Montague | Cam Tucker | 2024 |
| Sunfish | 2 lbs 1 oz | South Athol Pond, Athol | Heather Bulger | 1982 |
All stocked waters
Every Massachusetts water we hold a stocking page for, county by county, with its most recent date. The filter above narrows this list too.
Statewide 324
- Alum Pond - SturbridgeMay 5
- Ashfield Pond - AshfieldMay 11
- Ashland Reservoir - AshlandMay 27
- Ashumet Pond - FalmouthApr 14
- Asnacomet Pond - HubbardstonMay 13
- Assabet River - HudsonApr 23
- Assabet River - NorthboroughMay 8
- Bachelder Brook - RowleyApr 30
- Baddacook Pond - GrotonMay 19
- Baldpate Pond - BoxfordMay 6
- Beartown Brook - LeeMay 6
- Bell Pond - WorcesterMay 4
- Big Pond - OtisApr 30
- Boston Brook - MiddletonApr 30
- Bradford Brook - WilliamsburgMay 12
- Bronson Brook - WorthingtonApr 2
- Brookline Reservoir - BrooklineApr 23
- Browning Pond - SpencerApr 14
- Buck River - SandisfieldMay 6
- Buckmaster Pond - WestwoodMay 6
- Bungay River - AttleboroApr 17
- Burnshirt River - BarreMay 7
- Burnshirt River - HubbardstonMay 7
- Burrs Pond - SeekonkMar 20
- Canoe River - NortonApr 17
- Carbuncle Pond - OxfordMay 5
- Catacoonamug Brook - ShirleyApr 24
- Chapin (Haviland) Pond - LudlowApr 6
- Charles River - DedhamMay 12
- Charles River - MedwayMay 12
- Charles River - MillisMay 12
- Charles River - NatickMay 12
- Charles River - NeedhamMay 12
- Chickley River - CharlemontApr 28
- Chickley River - HawleyApr 28
- Chicopee Brook - MonsonApr 6
- Chicopee Reservoir - ChicopeeApr 23
- Chicopee River - LudlowMay 8
- Chicopee River - WilbrahamMay 8
- Clam River - SandisfieldMay 6
- Clesson Brook - BucklandApr 7
- Cliff Pond - BrewsterApr 22
- Coes Reservoir - WorcesterApr 9
- Cold River - CharlemontMay 13
- Cold River - FloridaApr 28
- Cole River - SwanseaMar 31
- Conant Brook - MonsonApr 6
- Connor Pond - PetershamMay 13
- Cow Pond Brook - GrotonApr 24
- Deerfield River - BucklandMay 13
- Deerfield River - CharlemontMay 13
- Deerfield River - ConwayMay 15
- Deerfield River - DeerfieldMay 15
- Deerfield River - ShelburneMay 15
- Demond Pond - RutlandMay 7
- Depot Brook - WashingtonApr 2
- Doolittle Brook - LeverettApr 9
- Dow Brook - IpswichApr 30
- Duarte Ponds - West TisburyApr 24
- Dug Pond - NatickMay 5
- Dunn Pond - GardnerMay 6
- Eagle Brook - WrenthamApr 22
- East Branch Housatonic River - DaltonMay 11
- East Branch Housatonic River - HinsdaleMay 11
- East Branch Mill River - WilliamsburgMay 12
- East Branch North River - ColrainMay 11
- East Branch Swift River - PetershamMay 14
- East Branch Tully River - AtholApr 17
- East Branch Ware River - HubbardstonMay 8
- East Branch Ware River - PrincetonMay 8
- East Branch Ware River - RutlandMay 8
- Elizabeth Brook - StowApr 23
- Ellinwood Brook - AtholApr 21
- Falls Pond - North AttleboroughMar 31
- Fearing Pond - PlymouthApr 7
- Fort Pond Brook - ActonApr 23
- Fort River - AmherstMay 7
- Fort River - HadleyMay 7
- Foskett Mill Stream - BrimfieldApr 9
- French River - OxfordMay 5
- Greenwater Pond - BecketApr 9
- Grews Pond - FalmouthMar 25
- Griswold Pond - SaugusApr 15
- Gull Pond - WellfleetApr 8
- Hamilton Reservoir - HollandApr 9
- Hardwick Pond - HardwickApr 10
- Hathaway Ponds - BarnstableApr 2
- Hobart Pond - WhitmanMar 18
- Holland Pond - HollandApr 28
- Hopedale Pond - HopedaleApr 24
- Hopkinton Reservoir - HopkintonMay 11
- Hopping Brook - HollistonApr 22
- Hopping Brook - MedwayApr 22
- Houghtons Pond - MiltonMay 11
- Hubbard River - GranvilleMay 6
- Hubbard River - TollandMay 6
- Hudson Brook - ClarksburgApr 29
- Hudson Brook - North AdamsApr 29
- Indian Head River - HanoverApr 13
- Ipswich River - IpswichMay 12
- Ipswich River - North ReadingMay 12
- Ipswich River - PeabodyApr 15
- Ipswich River - ReadingMay 12
- Ipswich River - TopsfieldMay 12
- Ipswich River - WilmingtonApr 15
- Jabish Brook - BelchertownApr 9
- Jabish Brook - PelhamApr 9
- Jamaica Pond - BostonMay 4
- Johnson Pond - RaynhamMar 19
- Jordan Pond - ShrewsburyApr 9
- Kendall Pond - GardnerApr 7
- Keyup Brook - ErvingApr 21
- Knops Pond - GrotonMay 15
- Konkapot River - MontereyMay 8
- Konkapot River - New MarlboroughMay 8
- Lake Buel - MontereyMay 11
- Lake Cochituate - FraminghamMay 18
- Lake Cochituate - NatickMay 5
- Lake Garfield - MontereyApr 9
- Lake Lorraine - SpringfieldApr 2
- Lake Mattawa - OrangeMay 26
- Lake Pentucket - HaverhillMay 5
- Lake Quinsigamond - WorcesterApr 22
- Lake Saltonstall - HaverhillMay 13
- Lake Whalom - LunenburgMay 6
- Lake Wyola - ShutesburyMay 18
- Lancaster Millpond - ClintonApr 9
- Lewin Brook Pond (Swansea Dam) - SwanseaMar 20
- Lexington Reservoir - LexingtonApr 23
- Little Alum Pond - BrimfieldApr 9
- Little Cliff Pond - BrewsterMar 31
- Littleville Lake - ChesterMay 18
- Locke Brook - AshbyApr 21
- Long Sought-for Pond - WestfordMay 13
- Louisa Lake - MilfordApr 17
- Lout Pond - PlymouthApr 3
- Lovells Pond - BarnstableMar 25
- Lower Porter Pond - BrocktonMar 25
- Manhan River - EasthamptonMay 6
- Manhan River - SouthamptonMay 6
- Mares Pond - FalmouthMar 25
- Marys Pond - RochesterApr 9
- Mashpee Pond - MashpeeApr 13
- Massapoag Brook - SharonApr 21
- Mattapoisett River - RochesterApr 13
- Metacomet Lake - BelchertownApr 2
- Middle Branch Swift River - New SalemMay 12
- Middle Branch Westfield River - ChesterMay 4
- Middle Branch Westfield River - HuntingtonMay 4
- Middle Branch Westfield River - MiddlefieldMay 4
- Middle Branch Westfield River - WorthingtonMay 4
- Millvale Reservoir - HaverhillMay 13
- Moores Pond - WarwickMay 15
- Mormon Hollow Brook - WendellApr 21
- Mossy Pond - ClintonMay 1
- Mulpus Brook - ShirleyApr 24
- Mumford River - DouglasApr 8
- Munn Brook - SouthwickMay 12
- Munn Brook - WestfieldMay 12
- Nashawannuck Pond - EasthamptonMay 12
- Nashoba Brook - ActonApr 23
- Natty Pond Brook - HubbardstonApr 21
- Needham Reservoir - NeedhamMay 14
- Ninemile Pond - WilbrahamMay 4
- Nissitissit River - PepperellMay 11
- North Branch Hoosic River - ClarksburgApr 29
- North Branch Hoosic River - North AdamsApr 29
- North Branch Manhan River - EasthamptonMay 6
- North Branch Manhan River - NorthamptonMay 6
- North Branch Manhan River - SouthamptonMay 6
- North Branch Manhan River - WesthamptonMay 6
- North Branch Mill River - SpringfieldApr 16
- Norwich Pond - HuntingtonMay 5
- Old Grist Mill Pond - SeekonkMar 20
- Onota Lake - PittsfieldMay 28
- Orcutt Brook - OrangeApr 21
- Orcutt Brook - WarwickApr 21
- Otis Reservoir - OtisMay 20
- Otis Reservoir - TollandMay 14
- Otter River - GardnerMay 7
- Otter River - TempletonMay 7
- Palmer River - RehobothApr 14
- Parker River - GeorgetownMay 7
- Parker River - NewburyMay 7
- Parkers Brook - OakhamApr 23
- Pauchaug Brook - NorthfieldApr 29
- Pelham Brook - CharlemontApr 10
- Pelham Brook - RoweApr 10
- Pelham Lake - RoweApr 10
- Peppers Mill Pond - WareMay 14
- Perley Brook Reservoir - GardnerMar 31
- Peters River - BellinghamApr 22
- Pleasant Pond - WenhamMay 7
- Plunkett Reservoir - HinsdaleApr 29
- Poland Brook - ConwayMay 13
- Pontoosuc Lake - PittsfieldMay 8
- Powdermill Brook - WestfieldMay 12
- Powwow River - AmesburyApr 28
- Priest Brook - RoyalstonMay 11
- Priest Brook - WinchendonMay 11
- Prince River - BarreMay 4
- Puds Pond - EastonMar 25
- Quabbin Reservoir - BelchertownMay 26
- Quabbin Reservoir - HardwickApr 15
- Quabbin Reservoir - New SalemApr 14
- Quabbin Reservoir - PelhamApr 16
- Quabbin Reservoir - PetershamApr 15
- Quaboag River - BrimfieldMay 14
- Quaboag River - MonsonMay 14
- Quaboag River - PalmerMay 14
- Quaboag River - WarrenMay 14
- Quacumquasit Pond - BrookfieldMay 27
- Quinapoxet River - HoldenMay 13
- Quinapoxet River - West BoylstonMay 13
- Quinebaug River - BrimfieldMay 14
- Quinebaug River - HollandMay 14
- Quinebaug River - SouthbridgeMay 12
- Quinebaug River - SturbridgeMay 12
- Quinsigamond River - GraftonApr 30
- Richards Reservoir - WarwickMay 15
- Richardson Brook - DracutApr 28
- River Meadow Brook - CarlisleMay 1
- Rock Pond - GeorgetownApr 6
- Sackett Brook - DaltonApr 30
- Sackett Brook - PittsfieldApr 30
- Sawmill River - LeverettMay 12
- Sawmill River - MontagueMay 12
- Sawmill River - ShutesburyMay 12
- Scantic River - HampdenMay 8
- Scantic River - MonsonMay 8
- Scarboro Brook - BelchertownApr 1
- Scargo Lake - DennisApr 7
- Scorton Creek - SandwichMar 18
- Segreganset River - DightonApr 14
- Seths Pond - West TisburyApr 24
- Shawsheen River - AndoverMay 14
- Shawsheen River - BillericaMay 14
- Shawsheen River - TewksburyMay 14
- Sheomet Lake - WarwickMay 21
- Sherman Pond - BrimfieldApr 28
- Shubael Pond - BarnstableApr 9
- Singletary Pond - MillburyMay 5
- Singletary Pond - SuttonMay 5
- Sluice Pond - LynnMay 7
- South Branch Mill River - East LongmeadowApr 16
- South Branch Mill River - HampdenApr 16
- South Branch Mill River - SpringfieldApr 16
- South Branch Mill River - WilbrahamApr 16
- Southwest Branch Housatonic River - PittsfieldMay 6
- Spot Pond - StonehamApr 15
- Squannacook River - GrotonMay 8
- Squannacook River - ShirleyMay 8
- Squannacook River - TownsendMay 8
- Stall Brook - MedwayApr 22
- Stiles Pond - BoxfordMay 6
- Stillwater River - PrincetonMay 13
- Stillwater River - SterlingMay 13
- Stockbridge Bowl - StockbridgeMay 7
- Strong Water Brook - TewksburyMay 14
- Sudbury River - AshlandMay 14
- Sudbury River - HopkintonMay 14
- Sugden Reservoir - SpencerApr 6
- Tack Factory Pond - ScituateApr 1
- Tarbell Brook - WinchendonApr 21
- Turners Pond - MiltonApr 30
- Uncas Pond - FranklinMay 6
- Unkety Brook - DunstableApr 24
- Upper Highland Lake - GoshenMay 11
- Upper Lagoon Pond - Oak BluffsApr 24
- Upper Wrights Pond - AshbyApr 21
- Wachusett Reservoir - BoylstonApr 3
- Wachusett Reservoir - West BoylstonApr 3
- Wading River - FoxboroughApr 21
- Wading River - MansfieldApr 17
- Wahconah Falls Brook - DaltonApr 17
- Ware River - BarreMay 11
- Ware River - HardwickMay 11
- Ware River - New BraintreeMay 11
- Ware River - PalmerMay 14
- Ware River - WareMay 14
- Watershops Pond - SpringfieldMay 4
- Weir River - HinghamApr 16
- West Branch Brook - ChesterfieldApr 2
- West Branch Farmington River - OtisApr 30
- West Branch Farmington River - SandisfieldApr 30
- West Branch Farmington River - TollandApr 30
- West Branch Mill River - WilliamsburgMay 12
- West Branch North River - ColrainMay 11
- West Branch Swift River - New SalemMay 12
- West Branch Swift River - ShutesburyMay 12
- West Branch Swift River - WendellMay 12
- West Branch Tully River - OrangeMay 4
- West Branch Ware River - HubbardstonMay 8
- West Branch Westfield River - BecketMay 7
- West Branch Westfield River - ChesterMay 7
- West Branch Westfield River - HuntingtonMay 7
- West Branch Westfield River - MiddlefieldMay 7
- West River - NorthbridgeMay 8
- West River - UptonMay 8
- West River - UxbridgeMay 8
- West Waushacum Pond - SterlingApr 14
- Westfield Brook - CummingtonApr 7
- Westfield Brook - WindsorApr 7
- Westfield River - AgawamMay 18
- Westfield River - ChesterfieldMay 20
- Westfield River - CummingtonMay 20
- Westfield River - HuntingtonMay 18
- Westfield River - MontgomeryMay 18
- Westfield River - RussellMay 18
- Westfield River - SavoyApr 2
- Westfield River - WestfieldMay 18
- Westfield River - WindsorMay 20
- Whitehall Pond - RutlandApr 10
- Whitehall Reservoir - HopkintonApr 6
- Whiting Pond - North AttleboroughMar 20
- Whitman River - AshburnhamMay 14
- Whitmans Pond - WeymouthApr 22
- Williams River - Great BarringtonApr 24
- Williams River - West StockbridgeApr 24
- Windsor Brook - HinsdaleApr 17
- Windsor Brook - WindsorApr 17
- Windsor Lake - North AdamsMay 13
- Winnetuxet River - HalifaxApr 16
- York Lake - New MarlboroughApr 29
All rows come from MassWildlife publications
(official page).
Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning.
Seasons, limits, and licenses:
Massachusetts fishing
regulations.