Here are the 2022-2023 California and Orange County fish stocking schedules. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and OC Parks plant trout and catfish for recreational fishing.
The CDFW fish schedule is for “catchable trout” (about 12 inches and larger) and “catchable catfish” planted for recreational fishing from CDFW hatcheries.
2022-2023 OC Parks Fish Stocking Schedule: 2022/2023 Trout Stocking Schedule / 2023 Catfish Stocking Schedule
CDFW 2022 California Fish Stocking Schedule
Here are California’s free fishing days plus more ways to fish for free.
Note: These fish stocking schedules do not include non-CDFW or private lakes and rivers such as the Santa Ana River Lakes.
Orange County Lakes Fish Stocking Schedule
In Orange County trout are typically stocked during the winter months and catfish are stocked in the summer months. Here are the combined OC Parks and CDFW plant stocking schedules:
| Lake | Fish | Date |
| Carbon Canyon Regional Park | Catfish | Week of June 12-16, 2023 Week of Aug. 14-18, 2023 Week of Oct. 16-20, 2023 |
| Carbon Canyon Regional Park | Trout | Week of Jan. 16-20, 2023 Week of Feb. 13-17, 2023 |
| Carr Park Lake | Catfish | 05/08/2022 – 05/14/2022 10/16/2022 – 10/22/2022 |
| Carr Park Lake | Trout | 11/13/2022 – 11/19/2022 12/18/2022 – 12/24/2022 |
| Centennial Lake | Catfish | 03/06/2022 – 03/12/2022 |
| Centennial Lake | Trout | 11/13/2022 – 11/19/2022 12/18/2022 – 12/24/2022 |
| Eisenhower Park | Trout | 11/13/2022 – 11/19/2022 12/18/2022 – 12/24/2022 |
| Greer Park Lake | Catfish | 05/08/2022 – 05/14/2022 10/16/2022 – 10/22/2022 |
| Greer Park Lake | Trout | 11/13/2022 – 11/19/2022 12/18/2022 – 12/24/2022 2/12/2023 (announce date) |
| Huntington Park | Catfish | 03/06/2022 – 03/12/2022 |
| Huntington Park | Trout | 11/13/2022 – 11/19/2022 12/18/2022 – 12/24/2022 2/12/2023 (announce date) |
| Irvine Lake | Catfish | Week of March 13-17, 2023 Week of May 8-12, 2023 Week of Aug. 14-18, 2023 |
| Irvine Lake | Trout | Week of Jan. 9-13, 2023 Week of Jan. 16-20, 2023 Week of Jan. 23-27, 2023 Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2023 Week of Feb. 6-10, 2023 Week of Feb. 13-17, 2023 Week of Feb. 20-24, 2023 Week of Feb. 27- March 3, 2023 |
| Irvine Regional Park | Catfish | Week of June 12-16, 2023 Week of Aug. 14-18, 2023 |
| Irvine Regional Park | Trout | Week of Jan. 9-13, 2023 Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2023 Week of Feb. 13-17, 2023 |
| Laguna Lake | Catfish | 03/27/2022 – 04/02/2022 |
| Laguna Lake | Trout | 11/13/2022 – 11/19/2022 12/18/2022 – 12/24/2022 2/12/2023 (announce date) |
| Laguna Niguel Lake | Catfish | Week of April 24-28, 2023 Week of June 12-16, 2023 Week of July 10-14, 2023 Week of Sept. 11-15, 2023 |
| Laguna Niguel Lake | Trout | Week of Jan. 9-13, 2023 Week of Jan. 16-20, 2023 Week of Jan. 23-27, 2023 Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2023 Week of Feb. 6-10, 2023 Week of Feb. 13-17, 2023 Week of Feb. 20-24, 2023 March 6-10, 2023 |
| Mile Square Park | Catfish | Week of March 13-17, 2023 Week of May 8-12, 2023 Week of July 10-14, 2023 Week of Sept. 11-15, 2023 |
| Mile Square Park | Trout | Week of Jan. 23-27, 2023 Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2023 Week of Feb. 6-10, 2023 Week of Feb. 20-24, 2023 Week of Feb. 27- March 3, 2023 |
| Ralph Clark Regional Park | Catfish | Week of April 24-28, 2023 Week of May 8-12, 2023 Week of Aug. 14-18, 2023 Week of Oct. 16-20, 2023 |
| Ralph Clark Regional Park | Trout | Week of Jan. 9-13, 2023 Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2023 Week of Feb. 13-17, 2023 Week of Feb. 27- March 3, 2023 |
| Tri-city Lake | Catfish | Week of March 13-17, 2023 Week of July 10-14, 2023 Week of Sept. 11-15, 2023 Week of Oct. 16-20, 2023 |
| Tri-city Lake | Trout | Week of Jan. 23-27, 2023 Week of Feb. 27- March 3, 2023 |
| Yorba Linda Regional Park | Catfish | Week of March 13-17, 2023 Week of June 12-16, 2023 Week of July 10-14, 2023 Week of Oct. 16-20, 2023 |
| Yorba Linda Regional Park | Trout | Week of Jan. 16-20, 2023 Week of Feb. 6-10, 2023 Week of Feb. 20-24, 2023 |
The following is a list of waters that are stocked with trout and catfish throughout California.
California Fish Planting Waters by County & Fish
| County | Name | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda | Chabot Reservoir | trout |
| Alameda | Horseshoe Lake | trout |
| Alameda | Lake Del Valle | trout |
| Alameda | Lakeshore Park Pond | trout |
| Alameda | Temescal Lake | trout |
| Alpine | Carson River East Fork | trout |
| Alpine | Carson River West Fork | trout |
| Alpine | Indian Creek Reservoir | trout |
| Alpine | Red Lake | trout |
| Amador | Silver Lake | trout |
| Butte | Butte Creek, Big | trout |
| Butte | Desabla Reservoir | trout |
| Butte | Paradise Reservoir | trout |
| Butte | Philbrook Reservoir | trout |
| Calaveras | Angels Creek | trout |
| Calaveras | Stanislaus River North Fork | trout |
| Contra Costa | Contra Loma Reservoir | trout |
| Contra Costa | Heather Farms Pond | trout |
| Contra Costa | Hidden Valley Pond | trout |
| Contra Costa | Lafayette Reservoir | trout |
| Contra Costa | Los Vaqueros Reservoir | trout |
| Contra Costa | San Pablo Reservoir | trout |
| Del Norte | Dry Lake | trout |
| El Dorado | Folsom Lake | trout |
| El Dorado | Lumsden Pond | trout |
| El Dorado | Sawmill Pond | trout |
| El Dorado | Walton Pond | trout |
| El Dorado | Wrights Lake | trout |
| Fresno | Avocado Lake | trout |
| Fresno | Bearskin Creek | trout |
| Fresno | Courtright Reservoir | trout |
| Fresno | Dinkey Creek | trout |
| Fresno | Fresno City Woodward Park Lake | trout |
| Fresno | Hume Lake | trout |
| Fresno | Huntington Lake | trout |
| Fresno | Kings River, Below Pine Flat Dam | trout |
| Fresno | Mono Creek | trout |
| Fresno | Pine Flat Reservoir | trout |
| Fresno | Portal Forebay | trout |
| Fresno | San Joaquin River, South Fork | trout |
| Fresno | Shaver Lake | trout |
| Fresno | Tamarack Creek | trout |
| Fresno | Tenmile Creek, Upper | trout |
| Fresno | Ward Lake | trout |
| Humboldt | Fish Lake | trout |
| Humboldt | Freshwater Lagoon | trout |
| Inyo | Baker Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Big Pine Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Bishop Creek Lower | trout |
| Inyo | Bishop Creek, Intake II | trout |
| Inyo | Bishop Creek, Middle Fork | trout |
| Inyo | Bishop Creek, South Fork | trout |
| Inyo | Cottonwood Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Diaz Lake | trout |
| Inyo | Georges Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Goodale Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Independence Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Lake Sabrina | trout |
| Inyo | Lone Pine Creek | trout |
| Inyo | North Lake | trout |
| Inyo | Owens River, below Tinnemaha | trout |
| Inyo | Owens River, Section 2 | trout |
| Inyo | Pleasant Valley Reservoir | trout |
| Inyo | Shepherd Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Symmes Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Taboose Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Tinnemaha Creek | trout |
| Inyo | Tuttle Creek | trout |
| Kern | Brite Valley Reservoir | trout |
| Kern | Kern River, Section 1 | trout |
| Kern | Kern River, Section 2 | trout |
| Kern | Kern River, Section 3 | trout |
| Kern | Kern River, Section 4 | trout |
| Kern | Lake Isabella | trout |
| Kern | Ming Lake | trout |
| Kern | River Walk Lake | trout |
| Lake | Blue Lake Upper | trout |
| Lassen | Ash Creek Upper | trout |
| Lassen | Blue Lake | trout |
| Lassen | Clear Creek | trout |
| Lassen | Dodge Reservoir | trout |
| Lassen | Eagle Lake | trout |
| Lassen | Goodrich Creek Lower | trout |
| Lassen | Mountain Meadows Reservoir | trout |
| Lassen | Round Corral Reservoir | trout |
| Lassen | Smith Flat Reservoir | trout |
| Lassen | Susan River Lower | trout |
| Los Angeles | Alondra Park Lake | catfish |
| Los Angeles | Alondra Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Belvedere Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Castaic Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Cerritos Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Downey Wilderness Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Echo Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | El Dorado Park Lakes | trout |
| Los Angeles | Hansen Dam Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Hollenbeck Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Jackson Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | John Anson Ford Park Lake | catfish |
| Los Angeles | Kenneth Hahn Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | La Mirada Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Legg Lakes | catfish |
| Los Angeles | Legg Lakes | trout |
| Los Angeles | Lincoln Park Lake | catfish |
| Los Angeles | Lincoln Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | MacArthur Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Puddingstone Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Pyramid Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Reseda Park Lake | trout |
| Los Angeles | Santa Fe Reservoir | trout |
| Madera | Chiquito Creek West Fork | trout |
| Madera | Chiquito Creek, Lower | trout |
| Madera | Corrine Lake | trout |
| Madera | Eastman Lake | trout |
| Madera | Fish Creek | trout |
| Madera | Granite Creek (West Fork) | trout |
| Madera | Hensley Lake | trout |
| Madera | Lewis Creek | trout |
| Madera | Manzanita Lake | trout |
| Madera | Nelder Creek | trout |
| Madera | Rock Creek | trout |
| Madera | Sycamore Island Pond | trout |
| Madera | Willow Creek North Fork | trout |
| Marin | Bon Tempe Lake | trout |
| Mariposa | Big Creek, Madera | trout |
| Mariposa | Eastman Lake | trout |
| Mariposa | McClure Reservoir | trout |
| Mariposa | McSwain Reservoir | trout |
| Mariposa | Merced River, Section ll | trout |
| Mendocino | Lake Emily | trout |
| Mendocino | Mill Creek Lake | trout |
| Mendocino | Moura Pond | trout |
| Mendocino | Russian River, Upper East Branch | trout |
| Merced | Los Banos Reservoir | trout |
| Merced | Merced River, Section I | trout |
| Merced | Yosemite Lake | trout |
| Modoc | Annie Lake | trout |
| Modoc | Browns Pond | trout |
| Modoc | Duncan Reservoir | trout |
| Modoc | Pine Creek Reservoir | trout |
| Modoc | Rainbow Pond | trout |
| Modoc | Reservoir "C" | trout |
| Modoc | Reservoir "F" | trout |
| Modoc | Stough Reservoir | trout |
| Modoc | West Valley Reservoir | trout |
| Mono | Convict Creek | trout |
| Mono | Convict Lake | trout |
| Mono | Crowley Lake | trout |
| Mono | Deadman Creek | trout |
| Mono | Glass Creek | trout |
| Mono | Mammoth Creek | trout |
| Mono | McGee Creek | trout |
| Mono | Owens River, Section 3 | trout |
| Mono | Rock Creek, Section 1 | trout |
| Mono | Sherwin Creek | trout |
| Monterey | El Estero Lake | trout |
| Monterey | Nacimiento River, Upper | trout |
| Napa | Lake Berryessa | trout |
| Napa | Lake Hennessey | trout |
| Nevada | Fuller Lake | trout |
| Nevada | Harry L Englebright Lake | trout |
| Nevada | Lyons Lake | trout |
| Orange | Carr Park Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Centennial Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Centennial Lake | trout |
| Orange | Eisenhower Park Lake | trout |
| Orange | Eisenhower Park Lake | trout |
| Orange | Greer Park Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Huntington Park Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Huntington Park Lake | trout |
| Orange | Laguna Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Laguna Lake | trout |
| Orange | Mile Square Park Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Mile Square Park Lake | trout |
| Orange | Ralph Clark Regional Park Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Ralph Clark Regional Park Lake | trout |
| Orange | Sulphur Creek Reservoir | trout |
| Orange | Tri-city Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Tri-city Lake | trout |
| Orange | Yorba Linda Regional Park Lake | catfish |
| Orange | Yorba Linda Regional Park Lake | trout |
| Placer | Auburn Regional Park Pond | trout |
| Placer | Folsom Lake | trout |
| Placer | Halsey Forebay | trout |
| Plumas | Antelope Reservoir | trout |
| Plumas | Bucks Lake | trout |
| Plumas | Feather River North Fork, Almanor | trout |
| Plumas | Feather River North Fork, Belden | trout |
| Plumas | Frenchman Reservoir | trout |
| Plumas | Graeagle Mill Pond | trout |
| Plumas | Lake Almanor | trout |
| Plumas | Lower Bucks Lake | trout |
| Plumas | Round Valley Reservoir | trout |
| Plumas | Spanish Creek | trout |
| Riverside | Cahuilla Park Lake | trout |
| Riverside | Lake Fulmor | trout |
| Riverside | Lake Hemet | trout |
| Riverside | Rancho Jurupa Park Pond | trout |
| Riverside | Skinner Lake | trout |
| Sacramento | Elk Grove Park Pond | trout |
| Sacramento | Folsom Lake | trout |
| Sacramento | Granite Park Pond | trout |
| Sacramento | Hagan Park Pond | trout |
| Sacramento | Howe Community Park Lake | trout |
| Sacramento | Mather Lake | trout |
| Sacramento | Rancho Seco Lake | trout |
| Sacramento | Willow Hills Reservoir | trout |
| San Bernardino | Arrowbear Lake | trout |
| San Bernardino | Glen Helen Park Lake | trout |
| San Bernardino | Gregory Lake | trout |
| San Bernardino | Jenks Lake | trout |
| San Bernardino | Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake | trout |
| San Bernardino | Prado Park Lake | trout |
| San Bernardino | Santa Ana River | trout |
| San Bernardino | Santa Ana River South Fork | trout |
| San Bernardino | Silverwood Lake | trout |
| San Diego | Chollas Park Lake | trout |
| San Diego | Cuyamaca Lake | trout |
| San Diego | Doane Pond | trout |
| San Diego | Lake Jennings | trout |
| San Diego | Lake Miramar | trout |
| San Diego | Lake Murray | trout |
| San Diego | Lake Wohlford | trout |
| San Diego | Morena Reservoir | trout |
| San Francisco | Merced Lake North | trout |
| San Luis Obispo | Atascadero Lake | trout |
| San Luis Obispo | Barney Schwartz Park Lake | trout |
| San Luis Obispo | Lopez Lake | trout |
| San Luis Obispo | Santa Margarita Lake | trout |
| Santa Clara | Sandywool Lake | trout |
| Santa Cruz | Loch Lomond | trout |
| Shasta | Baum Lake | trout |
| Shasta | Burney Creek Lower | trout |
| Shasta | Burney Creek Middle | trout |
| Shasta | Burney Creek Upper | trout |
| Shasta | Clear Creek, above Whiskeytown Lake | trout |
| Shasta | Hat Creek Middle | trout |
| Shasta | Hat Creek Upper | trout |
| Shasta | Iron Canyon Reservoir | trout |
| Shasta | McCloud Reservoir | trout |
| Shasta | McCumber Reservoir | trout |
| Shasta | Nora Lake | trout |
| Shasta | Shasta Lake | trout |
| Shasta | Whiskeytown Lake | trout |
| Sierra | Packer Lake | trout |
| Sierra | Yuba River North Fork | trout |
| Siskiyou | Antelope Creek | trout |
| Siskiyou | Bass Lake | trout |
| Siskiyou | Butte Creek | trout |
| Siskiyou | Cold Creek | trout |
| Siskiyou | Greenhorn Reservoir | trout |
| Siskiyou | Juanita Lake | trout |
| Siskiyou | McCloud River, Fowlers, Lower Falls | trout |
| Siskiyou | Orr Lake | trout |
| Siskiyou | Sacramento River | trout |
| Siskiyou | Siskiyou Lake | trout |
| Siskiyou | Wagon Creek | trout |
| Solano | Lake Chabot | trout |
| Sonoma | Ralphine Lake | trout |
| Stanislaus | Modesto Reservoir | trout |
| Stanislaus | Woodward Reservoir | trout |
| Tehama | Battle Creek South Fork | trout |
| Tehama | Deer Creek | trout |
| Trinity | Carrville Pond | trout |
| Trinity | Coffee Creek | trout |
| Trinity | Ewing Gulch Reservoir | trout |
| Trinity | Lewiston Lake | trout |
| Trinity | Ruth Reservoir | trout |
| Trinity | Trinity Lake (Clair Engle Lake) | trout |
| Trinity | Trinity River East Fork | trout |
| Trinity | Trinity River Stuart Fork | trout |
| Trinity | Trinity River, above Clair Engle Lake | trout |
| Tulare | Balch Park Lake Lower | trout |
| Tulare | Balch Park Lake Upper | trout |
| Tulare | Big Meadows Creek | trout |
| Tulare | Del Lago Park Lake | trout |
| Tulare | Dry Meadow Creek | trout |
| Tulare | Hedrick Pond (Redwood Lake) | trout |
| Tulare | Kaweah Reservoir | trout |
| Tulare | Kern River, Section 5 | trout |
| Tulare | Kern River, Section 6 | trout |
| Tulare | Mooney Grove Park Pond | trout |
| Tulare | Murry Park Pond | trout |
| Tulare | Peppermint Creek, Upper | trout |
| Tulare | Stony Creek | trout |
| Tulare | Success Reservoir | trout |
| Tulare | Tule River Middle Fork | trout |
| Tulare | Tule River North Fork, Middle Fork #1 | trout |
| Tulare | Tule River South Fork, Middle Fork #2 | trout |
| Tulare | Tule River South Fork, Middle Fork #3 | trout |
| Tuolumne | Beardsley Reservoir | trout |
| Tuolumne | Beaver Creek | trout |
| Tuolumne | Cherry Valley Reservoir | trout |
| Tuolumne | Don Pedro Reservoir | trout |
| Tuolumne | Lyons Canal (Columbia Ditch) | trout |
| Tuolumne | Lyons Reservoir | trout |
| Tuolumne | New Melones Reservoir | trout |
| Tuolumne | Pinecrest Lake | trout |
| Tuolumne | Powerhouse Stream | trout |
| Tuolumne | Stanislaus River Clarks Fork | trout |
| Tuolumne | Stanislaus River Middle Fork | trout |
| Tuolumne | Stanislaus River North Fork | trout |
| Tuolumne | Stanislaus River South Fork | trout |
| Tuolumne | Tulloch Lake | trout |
| Tuolumne | Tuolumne River Middle Fork | trout |
| Tuolumne | Tuolumne River South Fork | trout |
| Ventura | Casitas Lake | trout |
| Ventura | Rancho Simi Park Lake | trout |
| Ventura | Reyes Creek | trout |
| Yuba | Bullards Bar Reservoir | trout |
| Yuba | Collins Lake | trout |
| Yuba | Harry L Englebright Lake | trout |