StockingMap

South Carolina Trout Stocking Report and Schedule, Fall 2026

SCDNR summarizes each week's trout stockings for the mountain rivers and never forecasts a date.

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: South Carolina DNR

36 stocking entries on the 2026 South Carolina record, across 10 waters, from South Carolina DNR.

Stocking runs August through October, heaviest in October.

What goes in: trout.

This page adds 2 waters stocked in the last seven days and live water level and temperature on 5 gauged waters.

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36 stocking records 2026
10 waters

Stocked in the last 45 days

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 22 Chattooga River Trout
Oct 22 East Fork of the Chattooga River Trout
Oct 22 South Saluda River Trout
Oct 21 Big Eastatoee River Trout
Oct 21 Little Canebrake (Upper Eastatoee River) Trout
Oct 21 Little Eastatoee River Trout
Oct 16 Big Eastatoee River Trout
Oct 16 Little Canebrake (Upper Eastatoee River) Trout
Oct 16 Little Eastatoee River Trout
Oct 15 Middle Saluda River Trout
Oct 15 North Saluda River Trout
Oct 15 South Saluda River Trout
Oct 14 Chattooga River Trout
Oct 14 East Fork of the Chattooga River Trout
Oct 9 Big Eastatoee River Trout
Oct 9 Chattooga River Trout
Oct 9 East Fork of the Chattooga River Trout
Oct 8 Brasstown Creek Trout
Oct 8 Chauga River Trout
Oct 8 South Saluda River Trout
Oct 2 Middle Saluda River Trout
Oct 2 North Saluda River Trout
Oct 1 Little Canebrake (Upper Eastatoee River) Trout
Oct 1 Little Eastatoee River Trout
Sep 30 South Saluda River Trout

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Mountain rivers year round; Saluda in winter.

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Aug 11
Sep 1
Oct 24
Nov ·
Dec ·

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Trout 36

All stocked waters

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

Questions about South Carolina stocking

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