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Nebraska Fish Stocking Report and Schedule, Fall 2026

Game and Parks logs stockings to the day, often the day the truck runs: rainbows for the community ponds spring and fall, catfish all summer, walleye fry by the million.

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

654 stocking entries on the 2026 Nebraska record, across 279 waters in 40 counties, from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The published counts add up to 57,352,125 fish.

Stocking runs January through October.

What goes in: rainbow trout, channel catfish, walleye and saugeye, and 4 more species.

This page adds 4 waters stocked in the last seven days, live water level and temperature on 1 gauged water and a page for every county that gets fish.

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654 stocking records 2026
279 waters
57,352,125 fish reported

Stocked in the last 45 days

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 23 Gracie Creek Pond Loup Rainbow trout 118
Oct 23 Humphrey Pond Keith Rainbow trout 480
Oct 22 Ansley City Lake Custer Rainbow trout 801
Oct 22 Chappell Interstate Lake Deuel Rainbow trout 250
Oct 22 David City Park Pond West Butler Rainbow trout 449
Oct 22 Ducks Unlimited Sandpit Garden Rainbow trout 200
Oct 22 Lower Ice House Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 601
Oct 22 Melham Park Lake Custer Rainbow trout 699
Oct 22 Middle Ice House Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 150
Oct 22 Scottsbluff Zoo Pond Scottsbluff Rainbow trout 701
Oct 21 East Branch Verdigre Creek (Above Grove Lake) Antelope Rainbow trout 200
Oct 21 Geneva City Pond Fillmore Rainbow trout 221
Oct 21 Gretna X Pond Sarpy Rainbow trout 220
Oct 21 Lake Halleck Sarpy Rainbow trout 312
Oct 21 Lake Halleck Sarpy Rainbow trout 1,008
Oct 21 Sutton Clark Pond Clay Rainbow trout 221
Oct 20 Bessey Pond Thomas Rainbow trout 251
Oct 20 Chappell Interstate Lake Deuel Rainbow trout 2,001
Oct 20 Louisville 1a Cass Rainbow trout 501
Oct 20 Steinhart Park Otoe Rainbow trout 401
Oct 20 Weeping Water 1 Cass Rainbow trout 750
Oct 19 Birdwood Lake Lincoln Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 19 Grove Lake Antelope Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 16 Gracie Creek Pond Loup Rainbow trout 903
Oct 15 Bethphage Pond Kearney Rainbow trout 199
Oct 15 Central Nebraska Veterans Home Pond Buffalo Rainbow trout 199
Oct 15 CenturyLink Lake Cass Rainbow trout 1,200
Oct 15 East Branch Verdigre Creek (Above Grove Lake) Antelope Rainbow trout 200
Oct 15 Fort Kearny #6 Buffalo Rainbow trout 955
Oct 15 Kramer Park Lake Sarpy Rainbow trout 2,000
Oct 15 Steinhart Park Otoe Largemouth bass 100
Oct 15 Towl Lake Douglas Rainbow trout 200
Oct 15 Wildwood Pond Otoe Largemouth bass 50
Oct 15 Windmill 2 Buffalo Rainbow trout 900
Oct 14 Auburn Fairgrounds Lake Nemaha Rainbow trout 426
Oct 14 Elm Creek Webster Rainbow trout 451
Oct 14 Humboldt City Park Lake West Richardson Rainbow trout 200
Oct 14 Pawnee City Lake Pawnee Rainbow trout 200
Oct 14 Pawnee Park West Platte Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 14 Rock Creek Lake Dundy Rainbow trout 2,500
Oct 14 Stanton Lake Richardson Rainbow trout 200
Oct 14 Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Lake Madison Rainbow trout 1,500
Oct 13 Auble Pond Valley Rainbow trout 1,201
Oct 13 Benson Lake Douglas Rainbow trout 700
Oct 13 Bowling Lancaster Rainbow trout 400
Oct 13 Bridgeport City Pond Morrill Rainbow trout 250
Oct 13 Fontenelle Lake Douglas Rainbow trout 400
Oct 13 Grand Island Suck's Lake Hall Rainbow trout 501
Oct 13 Heartwell Park Adams Rainbow trout 601
Oct 13 Holmes Lancaster Rainbow trout 2,500
Oct 13 Laing Lake Box Butte Rainbow trout 1,000
Oct 13 North Grable Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 501
Oct 13 Oxford City Lake (George Mitchell Park) Furnas Rainbow trout 301
Oct 8 Big Indian 11a Gage Saugeye 458
Oct 8 Pawnee Lancaster Saugeye 1,476
Oct 8 Willard L Meyer Recreation Area Saline Saugeye 585
Oct 7 Pawnee Lancaster Saugeye 2,055
Oct 7 Pioneer Trails Lake Hamilton Saugeye 233
Oct 7 Steinhart Park Otoe Channel catfish 100
Oct 7 Steinhart Park Otoe Bluegill 200
Oct 7 Wayne City Pond Wayne Rainbow trout 900
Oct 7 Wildwood Pond Otoe Bluegill 150
Oct 7 Wildwood Pond Otoe Channel catfish 50
Oct 6 Branched Oak Lancaster Walleye 1,839
Oct 6 Conestoga Lancaster Walleye 1,002
Oct 6 East Branch Verdigre Creek (Above Grove Lake) Antelope Rainbow trout 200
Oct 6 Fremont 18 Dodge Rainbow trout 1,999
Oct 6 Lake Wanahoo Saunders Walleye 4,600
Oct 6 Lawrence Youngman Lake (Papio 13) Douglas Walleye 424
Oct 5 Crystal Cove Dakota Rainbow trout 3,000
Oct 2 Ainsworth City Pond Brown Rainbow trout 250
Oct 1 Branched Oak Lancaster Walleye 1,055
Oct 1 Branched Oak Lancaster Walleye 4,855
Oct 1 Calamus Reservoir Loup Muskellunge 526
Oct 1 Conestoga Lancaster Walleye 663
Oct 1 Elwood Reservoir Gosper Muskellunge 170
Oct 1 Gilbert-Baker Pond Sioux Rainbow trout 450
Oct 1 Keller Park 4 Brown Rainbow trout 200
Oct 1 Keller Park 5 Brown Rainbow trout 250
Oct 1 Mormon Island West (MM 312N) Hall Muskellunge 42
Sep 30 Cottonmill Lake Buffalo Walleye 470
Sep 30 Dogwood East (MM 245S) Dawson Bluegill 1,747
Sep 30 Kea West (MM 271.5N) Buffalo Walleye 134
Sep 30 Maple Creek Reservoir Colfax Walleye 1,530
Sep 30 Sandy Channel #8 Buffalo Walleye 75
Sep 30 Sandy Channel #8 Buffalo Walleye 258
Sep 30 Summit Lake Burt Walleye 2,080
Sep 30 War Axe (MM 292N) Buffalo Walleye 315
Sep 30 Windmill 1 (MM286N) Buffalo Bluegill 2,028
Sep 29 Burchard Lake Pawnee Walleye 1,111
Sep 29 GI L.E.Ray Lake Hall Walleye 301
Sep 29 Holmes Lancaster Walleye 773
Sep 29 Kramper Lake Dakota Walleye 2,170
Sep 29 Mormon Island West (MM 312N) Hall Walleye 420
Sep 29 Skyview Lake Madison Walleye 525
Sep 28 Chadron Creek Ranch Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 50
Sep 28 Chadron Creek Ranch Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 50
Sep 28 Chadron State Park Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 200
Sep 28 Cherry Creek Diversion Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 200
Sep 28 East Branch Verdigre Creek (Above Grove Lake) Antelope Rainbow trout 200
Sep 28 Middle Grable Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 450
Sep 28 South Grable Pond Dawes Rainbow trout 500
Sep 23 East Sutherland Lincoln Saugeye 270
Sep 23 Glenn Cunningham Douglas Saugeye 3,342
Sep 23 Hayes Center Hayes Saugeye 403
Sep 23 Lone Star (Little Sandy Site 61) Fillmore Saugeye 375
Sep 23 Standing Bear Douglas Saugeye 795
Sep 23 Wehrspann Lake Sarpy Saugeye 1,337
Sep 22 Cottonwood-Steverson Cherry Walleye 2,239
Sep 22 East Branch Verdigre Creek (Above Grove Lake) Antelope Rainbow trout 200
Sep 22 East Hershey Lincoln Walleye 204
Sep 22 Enders Reservoir Chase Walleye 3,289
Sep 22 Enders Reservoir Chase Walleye 1,576
Sep 22 Rice Lake (FWS) Cherry Bluegill 23,520
Sep 22 Watts Lake (FWS) Cherry Bluegill 40,440
Sep 22 Zorinsky Lake Douglas Walleye 1,251
Sep 22 Zorinsky Lake Douglas Walleye 1,287
Sep 21 Czechland Lake Saunders Walleye 409
Sep 21 Czechland Lake Saunders Walleye 399
Sep 21 Enders Reservoir Chase Walleye 539
Sep 21 Minnechaduza Creek Cherry Rainbow trout 150
Sep 21 Minnechaduza Creek Cherry Rainbow trout 100
Sep 21 Prairie Queen Sarpy Walleye 509
Sep 21 Prairie Queen Sarpy Walleye 497
Sep 21 Stagecoach Lancaster Walleye 910
Sep 21 Stagecoach Lancaster Walleye 949
Sep 21 Walnut Creek (Papio 21) Sarpy Walleye 426
Sep 21 Walnut Creek (Papio 21) Sarpy Walleye 416
Sep 21 Wildwood Lancaster Walleye 509
Sep 21 Wildwood Lancaster Walleye 506
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 1 Merrick Black crappie 300
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 2 Merrick Black crappie 842
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 3 Merrick Black crappie 359
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 4 Merrick Black crappie 391
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 5 Merrick Black crappie 300
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 6 Merrick Black crappie 992
Sep 17 Bader Memorial 7 Merrick Black crappie 509
Sep 17 Birdwood Lake Lincoln Channel catfish 503
Sep 17 Bridgeport N.E. Lake Morrill Smallmouth bass 275
Sep 17 Bufflehead (MM 276.5N) Buffalo Smallmouth bass 2,930
Sep 17 Dogwood East (MM 245S) Dawson Black crappie 1,747
Sep 17 East Hershey Lincoln Channel catfish 560
Sep 17 East Sutherland Lincoln Channel catfish 640
Sep 17 Frenchman #3 Hayes Channel catfish 125
Sep 17 Frye Lake Grant Black crappie 4,240
Sep 17 Hershey Lincoln Channel catfish 1,180
Sep 17 Humphrey Pond Keith Channel catfish 150
Sep 17 Paxton Lions Club Pond Keith Channel catfish 60
Sep 17 Ponca State Park Dixon Rainbow trout 950
Sep 17 Rock Creek Lake Dundy Channel catfish 300
Sep 17 West Brady Lincoln Black crappie 498
Sep 17 Windmill 1 (MM286N) Buffalo Black crappie 1,999
Sep 16 Crystal Lake Lincoln Channel catfish 150
Sep 16 Curtis Golf Course Pond Frontier Channel catfish 50
Sep 16 Fremont Slough Lincoln Channel catfish 1,500
Sep 16 Kirkpatrick Memorial Park Lake Dawson Channel catfish 150
Sep 16 Lake Ogallala Keith Yellow perch 38,708
Sep 16 North Platte I-80 Lake Lincoln Channel catfish 1,350
Sep 16 Patriot Park Lake Dawes Channel catfish 50
Sep 16 Plum Creek Park Lake Dawson Channel catfish 150
Sep 16 Ponca State Park Dixon Rainbow trout 550
Sep 16 Wellfleet Lincoln Channel catfish 1,500
Sep 16 West Maxwell Lincoln Channel catfish 175
Sep 15 Big Elk Sarpy Yellow perch 3,439
Sep 15 Dogwood East (MM 245S) Dawson Yellow perch 2,325
Sep 15 Fremont 15 Dodge Blue catfish 500
Sep 15 Offutt Lake Sarpy Blue catfish 650
Sep 15 Portal Sarpy Yellow perch 1,341
Sep 15 Sutherland Cooling Pond Lincoln Rock bass 1,946
Sep 15 Wp1 Sarpy Yellow perch 5,545
Sep 15 Windmill 1 (MM286N) Buffalo Yellow perch 2,683
Sep 14 Elwood Reservoir Gosper Blue catfish 2,000
Sep 14 Gallagher Canyon Dawson Blue catfish 1,175
Sep 14 Long Pine Creek Brown Rainbow trout 250
Sep 14 Midway Complex Dawson Blue catfish 3,904
Sep 11 Calamus Reservoir Loup Channel catfish 4,356
Sep 11 Hanscom Lake Douglas Channel catfish 92
Sep 11 Spring Lake Park Pond Douglas Channel catfish 141
Sep 11 Towl Lake Douglas Channel catfish 172
Sep 11 Walnut Grove Lake Douglas Channel catfish 101
Sep 10 Bowling Lancaster Channel catfish 1,082
Sep 10 Bridgeport Middle Lake Morrill Tiger muskellunge 46
Sep 10 Conestoga Lancaster Channel catfish 2,072
Sep 10 Holmes Lancaster Channel catfish 902
Sep 10 Independence Landing Lake Seward Channel catfish 62
Sep 10 Kearney Archway Foundation Pond 1 Buffalo Tiger muskellunge 24
Sep 10 Maskenthine Reservoir Stanton Channel catfish 453
Sep 10 Recharge Lake York Channel catfish 440
Sep 10 Red Fox WMA Stanton Channel catfish 198
Sep 10 Sand Springs Brown Rainbow trout 250
Sep 10 Tilden Pond Antelope Channel catfish 44
Sep 9 Atkinson Lake Holt Channel catfish 70
Sep 9 Auble Pond Valley Channel catfish 224
Sep 9 Calamus Reservoir Loup Channel catfish 2,002
Sep 9 Dogwood East (MM 245S) Dawson Largemouth bass 1,050
Sep 9 East Branch Verdigre Creek (Above Grove Lake) Antelope Rainbow trout 200
Sep 9 Flanagan Douglas Northern pike 607
Sep 9 Fremont Slough Lincoln Northern pike 135
Sep 9 Maple Creek Reservoir Colfax Channel catfish 673
Sep 9 O'Neill City L (Carney) Holt Channel catfish 44
Sep 9 Pelican Lake (FWS) Cherry Northern pike 1,321
Sep 9 Summit Lake Burt Channel catfish 902
Sep 9 Windmill 1 (MM286N) Buffalo Largemouth bass 1,200

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Spring and fall trout; summer catfish.

Jan 8
Feb 11
Mar 93
Apr 51
May 52
Jun 84
Jul 28
Aug 101
Sep 151
Oct 80
Nov ·
Dec ·

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Rainbow trout 216 135,930
Channel catfish 164 130,723
Walleye 78 44,982,791
Saugeye 36 6,587,164
Largemouth bass 30 48,932
Yellow perch 21 433,442
Black crappie 19 154,943
Bluegill 16 463,859

Schedule changes

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

All stocked waters

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

Antelope County 2

Brown County 2

Buffalo County 1

Burt County 1

Butler County 1

Chase County 1

Cherry County 4

Dawes County 3

Dawson County 1

Deuel County 1

Dixon County 2

Douglas County 4

Dundy County 1

Gage County 1

Garden County 2

Gosper County 2

Grant County 1

Harlan County 1

Hitchcock County 1

Holt County 1

Hooker County 2

Keith County 1

Keya Paha County 1

Lancaster County 6

Lincoln County 7

Loup County 2

Madison County 1

Pawnee County 1

Pierce County 1

Richardson County 1

Sarpy County 2

Saunders County 3

Scottsbluff County 1

Seward County 1

Sheridan County 1

Sioux County 1

Stanton County 1

Valley County 1

Webster County 1

York County 1

Questions about Nebraska stocking

When does Nebraska stock fish?
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission stocked fish January through October in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 23.
Can I see Nebraska stocking by county?
Yes. Every one of the 40 Nebraska 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 Nebraska stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the Nebraska schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get Nebraska stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Nebraska, 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 Nebraska stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission'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 Nebraska waters have live conditions?
1 Nebraska 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 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Nebraska fishing regulations.