StockingMap

New Jersey Trout Stocking Schedule and Report, Fall 2026

New Jersey publishes its spring schedule to the day before the season starts, seven weeks plus preseason. Fall stocking loads in October.

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: New Jersey Fish and Wildlife

687 stocking entries on the 2026 New Jersey record, across 175 waters, from New Jersey Fish and Wildlife. The published counts add up to 410,740 fish.

Stocking runs April through May and again October, heaviest in April.

What goes in: rainbow trout.

This page adds 51 waters stocked in the last seven days and live water level and temperature on 25 gauged waters.

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687 stocking records 2026
175 waters
410,740 fish reported

Stocked in the last 45 days

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 22 Barbour Pond Rainbow trout 290
Oct 22 Birch Grove Park Ponds Rainbow trout 210
Oct 22 Haddon Lake Rainbow trout 220
Oct 22 Mt. Hope Pond Rainbow trout 300
Oct 22 Ponderlodge Pond Rainbow trout 180
Oct 22 Rowands Pond Rainbow trout 100
Oct 22 Shaws Mill Pond Rainbow trout 230
Oct 22 South Vineland Park Pond Rainbow trout 210
Oct 21 Amwell Lake Rainbow trout 280
Oct 21 D&R Feeder Canal Rainbow trout 990
Oct 21 Dahnerts Lake (Dahnarts Lake) Rainbow trout 120
Oct 21 Greenwich Lake Rainbow trout 210
Oct 21 Iona Lake Rainbow trout 230
Oct 21 North Hudson Park Lake (J.J. Braddock Park Lake) Rainbow trout 240
Oct 21 Roosevelt Park Pond Rainbow trout 200
Oct 21 Rosedale Lake Rainbow trout 230
Oct 21 Schadlers Sand Wash Pond Rainbow trout 180
Oct 21 Swedesboro Lake Rainbow trout 240
Oct 21 Verona Park Lake Rainbow trout 230
Oct 21 Wood Dale County Park Pond Rainbow trout 150
Oct 20 Crystal Lake Rainbow trout 240
Oct 20 Giampietro Park Pond Rainbow trout 190
Oct 20 Grenloch Lake Rainbow trout 190
Oct 20 Hammonton Lake Rainbow trout 250
Oct 20 Lower Echo Park Pond Rainbow trout 200
Oct 20 Mary Elmer Lake Rainbow trout 230
Oct 20 Maurice River Rainbow trout 190
Oct 20 Oak Pond Rainbow trout 190
Oct 20 Passaic River Rainbow trout 280
Oct 20 Speedwell Lake Rainbow trout 250
Oct 20 Sylvan Lake Rainbow trout 190
Oct 19 Corliss Park Lake Rainbow trout 180
Oct 19 Echo Lake Rainbow trout 180
Oct 19 Furnace Lake Rainbow trout 390
Oct 19 Green Turtle Pond Rainbow trout 360
Oct 19 Lake Aeroflex Rainbow trout 400
Oct 19 Lake Ocquittunk Rainbow trout 270
Oct 19 Lake Shenandoah Rainbow trout 260
Oct 19 Little Swartswood Lake Rainbow trout 380
Oct 19 Silver Lake Rainbow trout 320
Oct 19 Spring Lake Rainbow trout 220
Oct 19 Topenemus Lake Rainbow trout 210
Oct 16 Lamington River Rainbow trout 120
Oct 16 Mannys Pond Rainbow trout 140
Oct 16 Mountain Farm Pond Rainbow trout 170
Oct 16 Ramapo River Rainbow trout 1,050
Oct 16 Raritan River S/B Rainbow trout 2,090
Oct 16 Raritan River S/B TCA Gorge Rainbow trout 280
Oct 16 Sheppards Lake (Shephard Lake) Rainbow trout 250
Oct 16 Wanaque River Lower Rainbow trout 160
Oct 16 Wanaque River Upper Rainbow trout 240
Oct 15 Big Flat Brook (below Steam Mill Bridge) Rainbow trout 1,230
Oct 15 Pohatcong Creek (below Rt. 31) Rainbow trout 1,090
Oct 15 Rockaway River Rainbow trout 1,460
Oct 15 Wallkill River Rainbow trout 420
Oct 14 Lake Takanassee Rainbow trout 240
Oct 14 Manasquan River Rainbow trout 520
Oct 14 Musconetcong River Rainbow trout 2,960
Oct 14 Musconetcong River TCA Rainbow trout 170
Oct 14 Pequest River Rainbow trout 1,520
Oct 14 Pequest River TCA Rainbow trout 220
Oct 13 Metedeconk River N/B Rainbow trout 170
Oct 13 Metedeconk River S/B Rainbow trout 290
Oct 13 Paulins Kill Rainbow trout 1,700
Oct 13 Raritan River N/B Rainbow trout 1,280
Oct 13 Toms River Rainbow trout 280
Oct 13 Toms River TCA Rainbow trout 110

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Spring weeks plus a fall round.

Jan ·
Feb ·
Mar ·
Apr 368
May 252
Jun ·
Jul ·
Aug ·
Sep ·
Oct 67
Nov ·
Dec ·

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Rainbow trout 687 410,740

All stocked waters

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

Statewide 169

Questions about New Jersey stocking

When does New Jersey stock trout?
New Jersey Fish and Wildlife stocked trout April through May and again October in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 22.
Is there a printable New Jersey stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the New Jersey schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get New Jersey stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for New Jersey, 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 New Jersey stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from New Jersey Fish 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 New Jersey waters have live conditions?
25 New Jersey 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 New Jersey Fish and Wildlife publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: New Jersey fishing regulations.