Community Trout Stocking Schedule

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Trout Fishing

Ice conditions at winter trout stocking locations are quickly deteriorating with the warm weather, especially around the pond edges. We suggest you wait until open water to fish for trout at these locations. Each community trout stocking location is stocked twice. 

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2026 Stocking Schedule

Each community trout stocking location is stocked twice. Every location receives about 1,500 trout each stocking. 

Winter trout stocking events are dependent on favorable weather and ice conditions. 

Trout Stocking Locations
WaterbodyLocation2026 Winter Stockings2025 Fall Stockings
Blue PitMason CIty1/10/2026 - 11 a.m.11/25/2025 
Bacon Creek LakeSioux City1/22/2026 - 1 p.m.11/3/2025
Big LakeCouncil Bluffs1/23/2026 - 3 p.m.10/29/2025 
Moorland PondMoorland/Fort Dodge1/23/2026 - Noon10/29/2025 
Scharnberg PondSpencer2/7/2026 - Noon 
Triumph Park West & EastWaukeeUnannounced until ice condtions are suitable10/27/2025
Lake PetockaBondurantUnannounced until ice condtions are suitable10/31/2025 
Ada Hayden Heritage Park LakeAmesUnannounced until ice condtions are suitable11/3/2025 
Sand LakeMarshalltown 10/29/2025
Ottumwa Park Pond (South Pond)Ottumwa 11/4/2025 
Prairie Park Fishery  11/5/2025 
Terra LakeJohnston 10/27/2025  
Liberty Centre PondNorth Liberty 11/5/2025 
Emma Young Park PondClinton  
Discovery Park PondMuscatine  
Stolley PondSpencer 11/1/2025 
North Prairie LakeCedar Falls 10/30/2025
Heritage PondDubuque 10/30/2025
East Lake Park PondMount Pleasant 11/14/2025 
Wilson LakeDonnellson 11/14/2025
Lake of the HillsDavenport 11/14/2025 
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Family-friendly Fishing Events

The following stocking locations are paired with a family-friendly event to help anglers have success and fun while fishing. 

Fall: 

  • Triumph Park West & East (Waukee)
  • Terra Lake (Johnston)
  • East Lake Park Pond (Mount Pleasant)
  • Wilson Lake (Donnellson)
  • Lake of the Hills (Davenport)
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