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Inyo County

Fish SpotSpeciesSourceTotal Pounds

Pleasant Valley ReservoirRainbow TroutCDFW

Fish SpotSpeciesSourceTotal Pounds

Hansen Dam LakeRainbow TroutCDFW 

Puddingstone LakeRainbow TroutCDFW

Fish SpotSpeciesSourceTotal Pounds

Barney Schwartz Park LakeRainbow TroutCDFW

Fish SpotSpeciesSourceTotal Pounds

Rancho Simi ParkRainbow TroutCDFW 

California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife plantings April 13th to April 26th 

4/12/2026-4/18/2026Owens River, Section 2 Inyo Trout

4/12/2026-4/18/2026Puddingstone Lake Los Angeles Trout

4/12/2026-4/18/2026Pleasant Valley Reservoir Inyo trout

4/12/2026-4/18/2026Hansen Dam Lake Los Angeles Trout

4/18/2026Rancho Simi Park Lake Ventura Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Rock Creek, Section 2 Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Twin Lake Lower, Bridgeport Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Diaz Lake Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Owens River, below Tinnemaha Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Rock Creek, Section 1 Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Silver Lake Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Baker Creek Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Reyes Creek Ventura Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Jenks Lake San Bernardino Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Gregory Lake San Bernardino Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Lone Pine Creek  Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Convict Creek Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Big Pine Creek Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026 Lake Fulmor Riverside Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Bishop Creek, South Fork Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Cuyamaca Lake San Diego Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Convict Lake Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Owens River, Section 3 Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Tinnemaha Creek Inyo Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Mammoth Creek Mono Trout 

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Jackson Lake Los Angeles Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Robinson Creek Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Grant Lake Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Twin Lake Upper, Bridgeport Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Bridgeport Reservoir Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Doane Pond San Diego Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Lake Hemet Riverside Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Gull Lake Mono Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026Big Bear Lake San Bernardino Trout

4/19/2026-4/25/2026June Lake Mono Trout

4/26/2026-5/2/2026Owens River, Section 2 Inyo Trout

4/26/2026-5/2/2026Pleasant Valley Reservoir Inyo Trout
 

California Fishing License required age 16+ at all parks besides Irvine Lake.  (Click on underlined URL to go directly to CDFW website) 

California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Trout Stockings

Fish Planting Schedule (ca.gov)  URL takes you directly to their stocking page

Orange County Parks Catfish stocking schedule for 2026

Dates shown are week of stocking. Schedule is subject to change and will be updated as available       

Week of May 19-23, 2025              

• Irvine Lake
• Mile Square Regional Park
• Tri-City Regional Park   

Week of June 9-13, 2025                             

• Carbon Canyon Regional Park
• Irvine Regional Park  
• Laguna Niguel Regional Park
• Yorba Regional Park

Week of July 14-18, 2025         

• Laguna Niguel Regional Park
• Mile Square Regional Park
• Tri-City Regional Park
• Yorba Regional Park

Week of Aug. 11-15, 2025 

• Carbon Canyon Regional Park
• Clark Regional Park
• Irvine Lake
• Irvine Regional Park

Week of Sept. 8-12, 2025 

• Laguna Niguel Regional Park
• Mile Square Regional Park
• Tri-City Regional Park

Week of Oct. 13-17, 2025 

• Carbon Canyon Regional Park
• Clark Regional Park
• Tri-City Regional Park
• Yorba Regional Park