Stocking Archives - Outdoornews

More than 460K walleye fingerlings stocked in Michigan’s U.P.

August 1, 2019

Nearly 330,000 fingerlings were placed in early July in northern Little Bay de Noc near the mouth of the Whitefish River. Another 135,000 were stocked near Gladstone, Kipling and the lower Escanaba River.

Hatchery comes up big for North Dakota walleye stocking

July 24, 2019

North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports

Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently finished stocking more than 140 lakes across the state with walleye fingerlings, completing one of the largest stocking efforts in the history of the agency.

Wisconsin DNR: Lake Michigan stocking plan paying off for anglers [video]

August 3, 2018

Wisconsin DNR Reports

The Lake Michigan stocking strategy was developed over more than two years with discussion and input from more than 500 anglers, business owners and other stakeholders.

Commission defers spending reduction, stockings to continue

July 11, 2018

Staff and News Reports

“The closure of hatcheries and potential reductions in trout and other stockings that were slated to begin this month have been deferred and will be revisited at our spring meeting.”

With 50-plus new walleye lakes, North Dakota steps up stocking efforts

July 9, 2018

North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports

“Considering not many went into Lake Sakakawea, this was one of the largest stockings of more than 8 million fingerlings into the smaller fishing waters across the state.”

The Lake Sarah experiment: Genetic research continues into southern Minnesota’s premier walleye fishery [video]

May 10, 2018

Minnesota DNR Reports

‘This could be the key to self-sustaining walleye fisheries throughout the southern part of the state.’

DNR: Walleye egg take a success despite squeeze of late ice-out

May 10, 2018

Minnesota DNR Reports

This year’s 10 egg-take operations still met their goal of collecting 4,100 quarts of eggs. With each quart containing an estimated 120,000 eggs, that’s about 492 million walleye eggs and is comparable to the average taken in past years.

Fall stocking adds 830,000-plus fish to angling pool

January 29, 2018

Michigan DNR

Fall fish stocking in 2017 consisted of nine species – brook trout, brown trout, coho salmon, lake trout, Eagle Lake and steelhead strain rainbow trout, lake sturgeon, walleye and muskellunge.

New Jersey hatchery stocks record 5 million fish in 2017

January 12, 2018

Staff and News Reports

Hackettstown stocked 308,808 northern pike in 2017. (NJDFW photo)The Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery in Warren County stocked a record five million cold-, cool-, and warm-water fish consisting of 15 species in 2017, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced this week. The fish, totaling 5,082,841 with a total weight of more than 26,000 pounds, were produced at the location…

Iowa winter stocking effort puts trout in fisheries that wouldn’t support them during warmer months

January 3, 2018

Iowa DNR

(Iowa DNR)Starting Jan. 13, the Iowa DNR will release trout in seven locations this winter in areas that would not support them during warmer months, the DNR said in a news release. The popular winter urban trout stocking program is supported by the sales of the trout fee. Anglers need a valid fishing license and pay the trout fee to fish for…

Ohio kicks off pilot trout stocking effort

November 21, 2017

Ohio DNR Reports

Both locations are spring fed, and biologists believe the water may be sufficiently cool to support year-round trout fishing opportunities.

In Washington, Black Friday fishing for nice-sized trout

November 7, 2017

Staff and News Reports

(Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is offering anglers opportunities for tight lines rather than long lines on the day after Thanksgiving, the agency said in a news release. The “holiday specials” include thousands of large trout averaging 15 to 16 inches in length and weighing up to three pounds. The…

Lake Metroparks again keeps anglers in mind, at the forefront

October 30, 2017

Jeff Frischkorn

Agency stocks bass, sunfish, trout at park holdings.

In Iowa, fall is the time for urban trout stocking

October 10, 2017

Staff and News Reports

It’s that time of year in Iowa. Trout-stocking time of year. Yes, in October and well into November. Seventeen lakes across Iowa are gearing up to receive trout this fall. The Iowa DNR will release between 1,000 to 2,000 rainbow trout at each location as part of its cool weather trout program that brings trout to areas that cannot support…

DNR: With more than 25 million fish stocked in 2017, fishing opportunities abound

September 20, 2017

Michigan DNR

Michigan DNR stocked a total of 25,470,199 fish that weighed more than 320 tons and consisted of 11 different species and one hybrid.

NDGFD: Record number of walleyes stocked

July 10, 2017

North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports

More than 12 million fingerlings stocked, and in smaller fisheries, besting the previous high by more than 1 million fish.

Tennessee boasts big trout-stocking numbers

July 10, 2017

Associated Press

The state spent $1.29 million on the operation in 2016, and a total of 2.2 million trout are stocked annually.

New Hampshire trout stocking program continues to evolve

June 19, 2017

Associated Press

Remote ponds stocked with fish via helicopter.

Trout production, stocking exceeding spring targets in New Jersey

May 11, 2017

Staff and News Reports

It’s allowing for additional trout to be added to each load of fish headed to state trout waters.

High-schoolers stock river with trout, learn stream ecology

May 4, 2017

Minnesota DNR Reports

As part of an ongoing relationship, students from Southwest Minnesota Christian High School stock river with brown trout in Camden State Park.

Ohio’s stocked trout program a win-win for everyone

April 19, 2017

Steve Pollick

Rainbows stocked in lakes around the state each spring.

Indiana gets all the eggs it needs for state muskie stocking from all-important Lake Webster

April 19, 2017

Staff and News Reports

DNR able to catch enough female muskies to get nearly 500,000 eggs, which were then shipped to the East Fork Hatchery in southwest Indiana, where they will hatch and eventually produce 20,000 muskie fingerlings that will be stocked in 14 waters throughout the state.

Stocking rainbow trout on the Vermillion River

April 11, 2017

Rob Drieslein

Farmington, Minn. — Crews from the Minnesota DNR’s East Metro Fisheries office stocked 3,000 11- to 12-inch rainbow trout into several runs of Dakota County’s Vermillion River this morning, Friday, April 7. For story, photo gallery, click here. Categories: Fishing, Minnesota Videos, Nature Tags: Fish, Fishing, Minnesota, Minnesota DNR, Stocking, Trout, Vermillion River

Stocking of large trout provides additional fishing opportunities in southeastern Michigan

April 5, 2017

Michigan DNR

This annual stocking activity uses unneeded brown and rainbow trout broodstock from Michigan’s state fish hatcheries.

A spring ritual in Michigan: Walleye egg collection on the Muskegon

March 23, 2017

Michigan DNR

The DNR plans to collect approximately 50 million walleye eggs from the fishery in 2017, resulting in 14 million fry for transfer to rearing ponds and direct fry plants throughout the Lower Peninsula.

Steelie stocks shifting

February 16, 2017

Jeff Frischkorn

Ohio Division of Wildlife has had to use its “Plan B” for the agency’s steelhead fisheries program in 2015 and 2016, and might again in 2017 if Michigan’s Little Manistee strain of steelhead trout remain uncooperative.

Stocking

More than 460K walleye fingerlings stocked in Michigan’s U.P.

Hatchery comes up big for North Dakota walleye stocking

Wisconsin DNR: Lake Michigan stocking plan paying off for anglers [video]

Commission defers spending reduction, stockings to continue

With 50-plus new walleye lakes, North Dakota steps up stocking efforts

The Lake Sarah experiment: Genetic research continues into southern Minnesota’s premier walleye fishery [video]

DNR: Walleye egg take a success despite squeeze of late ice-out

Fall stocking adds 830,000-plus fish to angling pool

New Jersey hatchery stocks record 5 million fish in 2017

Iowa winter stocking effort puts trout in fisheries that wouldn’t support them during warmer months

Ohio kicks off pilot trout stocking effort

In Washington, Black Friday fishing for nice-sized trout

Lake Metroparks again keeps anglers in mind, at the forefront

In Iowa, fall is the time for urban trout stocking

DNR: With more than 25 million fish stocked in 2017, fishing opportunities abound

NDGFD: Record number of walleyes stocked

Tennessee boasts big trout-stocking numbers

New Hampshire trout stocking program continues to evolve

Trout production, stocking exceeding spring targets in New Jersey

High-schoolers stock river with trout, learn stream ecology

Indiana gets all the eggs it needs for state muskie stocking from all-important Lake Webster

Stocking rainbow trout on the Vermillion River

Stocking of large trout provides additional fishing opportunities in southeastern Michigan

A spring ritual in Michigan: Walleye egg collection on the Muskegon

Steelie stocks shifting

Outdoor News Store

Most Popular

Find a feathered visitor nesting in your yard? Here's what to do (and not to do)

Indiana man sentenced with Lacey Act violations for paddlefish trafficking

Devils Lake Rising Water a Good Thing…Much Needed

Time to rethink walleye management efforts?

Should I stop feeding birds because of avian flu?