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Brown Trout Stocking 2026

The European import: warier and longer-lived than the rainbow, and the fish programs lean on where summer water runs too warm for brookies.

Brown trout illustration U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
16 states stocking
1,547 waters
3,870 stockings 2026
3,065,861 fish reported

Where they go in

Only waters we can place with confidence appear on the map; every stocking is in its state's tables.

When they go in

Brown trout stockings by month, 2026.

Jan 35
Feb 159
Mar 753
Apr 1247
May 813
Jun 82
Jul 10
Aug ·
Sep 23
Oct 157
Nov ·
Dec ·

By state

StateStockings Waters
Pennsylvania 2,294 646
Massachusetts 380 297
Virginia 287 92
Michigan 239 102
New Hampshire 196 91
Maine 171 101
Vermont 84 43
New York 82 58
Utah 41 36
Wisconsin 33 31
Nevada 21 13
Washington 17 15
Indiana 13 13
Tennessee 5 2
Montana 4 4
Maryland 3 3

Most-stocked waters

WaterState Stockings
Pine Creek PA 55
Androscoggin River (Little) ME 30
Kettle Creek PA 28
Fishing Creek PA 23
Loyalsock Creek PA 22
Buffalo Creek PA 21
Neshannock Creek PA 20
Lehigh River PA 20
Mill Creek PA 19
Brodhead Creek PA 19
South River (Catch and Release section) VA 18
Oil Creek PA 17

State records

The heaviest brown trout each state has ever certified, where the agency publishes a record book.

StateWeightWater Year
Oregon 28 lb 5 oz Paulina Lake 2002
North Carolina 24 lbs, 10 oz. Nantahala River 1998
Pennsylvania 20 lb. 9 oz. Lake Erie 2020
New Mexico 20lb. 4oz. Chama River 1946
Massachusetts 19 lbs 10 oz Wachusett Reservoir 1966
Maryland 18.2 lbs. North Branch Of Potomac At Barnum 2001
West Virginia 16.00 South Branch 1968
Virginia 14 lbs. 12 oz. South Fork Holston 1990
Texas 7.12 Guadalupe River 1986
Counts come from the state agencies' own stocking publications, compiled by StockingMap. Species naming follows each agency's wording; hybrids and strains are kept where the agency reports them.