Fish Stocking Reports

Fish Stocking Report Now Available With Daily Updates

The fish stocking report now features daily updates from hatchery staff. Instead of hearing when and where the hatcheries have stocked well after the season has ended, anglers now will be able to easily locate waters freshly stocked with catchable trout.

Waters are grouped by county, listed by town, and include the date of stocking as well as the species, quantity, and size of fish released.

- Todd Langevin, Superintendent of Hatcheries, Augusta

Current Year Stocking Report [PDF]

Please contact Todd Langevin, Superintendent of Hatcheries, if you have questions/comments regarding the stocking proposals listed below. email – Todd.Langevin@maine.gov or call - 287-5262.

Historical Stocking Reports

The State has permanantly discontinued the stocking program on the following waters:


Major Stocking Program Changes
Water	Town	County	Species	Reason for Change
Highland Lake	Falmouth/Windham/Westbrook	Cumberland	Landlocked Salmon and Brown trout	Dissimilar public access between those who reside on the lake and utilize private boat launches to launch large motorized watercraft, and those who visit the lake and are restricted to car top access. Inequitable access accommodations preclude continued stocking and management under MDIFW stocking and access policy.
Torsey Lake Outlet	Readfield	Kennebec	Brook trout	Cancelled due to low use and inadequate conditions for trout survival
Moosehorn Stream	Bucksport	Hancock	Brook Trout	Located at Route 46 crossing, stocking at this site is being discontinued due to the lack of use and returns to the anglers, due largely to the loss of public access to the stream.
Cider Mill Pond	North Berwick	York	Brook Trout	Reported low use and poor angler returns; suspected heavy predation by pickerel.
Nonesuch River	Scarborough	York	Brook Trout & Brown Trout	Stocking at the Broad Turn Road crossing is cancelled due to loss of public access (property posting). Other sites on the river continue to be stocked.
South River	Parsonsfield	York	Brook Trout	Cancelled 1 of 2 stocking sites due to a border barricade and lack of vehicle access. The other site was last stocked in the spring of '09.
Hancock Brook	Hiram	Oxford	Brook Trout	Cancelled 1 (Wards Road) of 2 stocking sites due to property posting (no public access) in the spring of '09. This site was removed from future allocations.
Jaybird Pond	Hiram	Oxford	Rainbow Trout	Cancelled due to posting of traditional public access site and was stocked in the spring of '09 and '10. This water will be removed from future stocking allocations.
Trout Pond	Stoneham	Oxford	Brook Trout	Cancelled due to the development of a wild brook trout fishery. This water was stocked in the spring of '10. Supplemental stocking may be required in the future to maintain the population, particularly following drought years when recruitment may be low/nonexistent.
Kennebec River	Augusta	Kennebec	Landlocked Salmon	Cancelled LLS stocking as Kennebec River is included in ATS DPS.
Androscoggin River	Livermore	Franklin	Brown Trout	Cancelled as IFW stocking for FERC requirements resulted in low use and negligible returns.
Iron Pond	Washington	Knox	Brown Trout	Cancelled due to low use and low returns.
Houston Pond	T7 R9 NWP	Piscataquis	Brook Trout	Cancelled after years of low returns and poor gillnetting results.
Crook River	Harrison	Cumberland	Brook Trout	Last stocked in 2009. Put and take stocking inconsistent with management focus on wild landlocked salmon and brook trout.

The State has initiated a new fish stocking program on the following waters:


Major Stocking Program Changes
Water	Town	County	Species	Reason for Change
Pleasant River	Columbia	Washington	Brook Trout	At Artie's Bridge off the Tibbettstown Road, The Pleasant River Fish & Game Club is requesting to resume the spring stocking of brook trout into the Pleasant River for their "Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs" kids only fishing derby to be held on May 19th. This event was last held in the spring of 2005 and was a huge success for area children.
Shin Pond (Upper)	Mount Chase	Penobscot	Landlocked Salmon	Wild salmon population was decimated by an illegal smallmouth bass introduction in early 1990's. Interest in a salmon stocking program has grown in recent years, and we would like to provide additional opportunity for cold-water angling in this geographic area. This stocking program is being initiated based on angler requests and comments. The proposal has undergone IF&W peer review.
Bog Lake	Northfield	Washington	Landlocked salmon	Public access was restored, allowing resumption of a salmon stocking program.
Indian Pond	Lexington	Somerset	Brook Trout	New program that underwent IFW peer review. Purpose is to create an ice fishing opportunity for brook trout in close proximity to the Town of Kingfield.
Little (Horseshoe) Pond	Franklin	Hancock	Brook Trout	New program that underwent IFW peer review. This stocking program is being initiated to create a trophy brook trout fishery in a remote pond. Wild trout will be collected from the outlet stream and transplanted into this pond to create the fishery.
Coffee Pond	Casco	Cumberland	Splake	Reinitiate a splake stocking program in an attempt to provide further angler opportunity at Coffee Pond after the brook trout stocking program was cancelled due to poor results. The proposal has undergone IF&W peer review.
Upper Lead Mountain Pond	T28MD	Hancock	Landlocked salmon	Reinitiate a landlocked salmon program in an attempt to provide further angler opportunity at Upper Lead Mountain Pond. This stocking program is being initiated based on angler comments and feedback. The proposal has undergone IF&W peer review.
Whetstone Pond	Blanchard	Piscataquis	Landlocked salmon	Reinitiate a landlocked salmon stocking program in an attempt to provide further angler opportunity at Whetstone Pond. This stocking program is being initiated based on angler comments and feedback from a public meeting. The proposal has undergone IF&W peer review.
Conservation School Pond	Bryant Pond	Oxford	Brook Trout	New BKT stocking to support conservation school programs and HOFNOD; Director reported unscheduled fish stocked in 2009 were very successful.
Mud Greenwood Pond	Willimantic	Piscataquis	Brook Trout	New program that underwent peer review and public hearing last winter that is scheduled for 2010 or earlier if unscheduled fish become available.
South Fork Icicle Brook Bermis Stream Goose Eye Brook Upper Mountain Brook	TWP C TWPD Riley TWP TWP D	Oxford	Brook Trout	University of Maine - Orono research proposal that underwent peer review. The lower reaches of each of these four streams contain wild brook trout populations and UMO researchers will capture and transfer brook trout resident to each of the above streams and move them upstream over impassible barriers into barren reaches of the same stream, thus preserving the genetic integrity of each stream population. This work is proposed for the late summer/early fall of 2010. The intent of their project is to determine whether the addition of woody debris improves brook trout habitat, and to relocate wild brook trout to vacant habitat to evaluate 1) their impact of their introduction on the native macroinvertebrate biota of the streams and 2) their relative performance in habitats with and without coarse woody debris.
Perch (Mud) Pond	Old Town	Penobscot	Brook Trout	New program that underwent peer review. Purpose is to create an ice fishing opportunity for brook trout in close proximity to population centers (Old Town, Orono, University of Maine, and Bangor).
Lower Range Pond	Poland	Androscoggin	Brook Trout	Brook trout will be stocked in support of an annual MDIFW Hooked On Fishing Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) youth ice fishing event.
Endless Lake	T3R9 NWP	Penobscot	Landlocked Salmon	New program to diversify fishing opportunity in the lake. Stocking will be initiated in the spring of 2010. The proposal has underwent IFW peer reivew.
Leavitt Pond	T1 R11	Piscataquis	Brook Trout	Reinitiate a brook trout stocking program in an attempt to create a trophy brook trout fishery. The proposal has underwent IF&W peer review.
Southwest Pond	Beddington	Washington	Splake	New program with the purpose to create open water and ice fishing opportunity for splake. The abundant population of small white perch in the pond will provide forage for the splake. The proposal has underwent IF&W peer review.
Long Pond	Mount Desert	Hancock	Brook Trout	New program to diversify fishing opportunity in the pond. Stocking will be initiated in October 2010. The proposal has underwent IFW peer review.
Jones Pond	Gouldsboro	Hancock	Rainbow Trout	Poor performance of current brown trout stocking, local anglers requested pond to be stocked with rainbows.
St. Croix River	Princeton	Washington	Landlocked Salmon	Larger retired brood landlocked salmon placed into an already occurring river fishery for smaller drop down salmon below Grand Falls Flowage. Requested by members of the public.
Orange Lake	Whiting	Washington	Brown Trout	New public access to lake making the lake available to be stocked. This stocking will create more fishing opportunity for a salmonid fishery in this area.
Lovejoy Pond	T34 MD	Hancock	Brook Trout	Experimental stocking to determine fishery potential for the public.

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