Catchable trout stocked in local waters

The state Department of Natural Resources recently stocked more than 750,000 brook, brown and rainbow trout in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams throughout the state. That total includes more than 25,000 brown and rainbow trout stocked in the Waupaca and Tomorrow rivers in Waupaca and Portage counties. Greg Seubert Photo

Waupaca River gets browns, rainbows

By Greg Seubert

More than 750,000 catchable-sized brook, brown and rainbow trout have recently been stocked into Wisconsin waters.

Those waters include several in Waupaca, Waushara, Portage, Outagamie, Winnebago and Shawano counties.

The state Department of Natural Resources stocked the fish that were raised at the Nevin, Osceola and St. Croix state fish hatcheries and at West Central Region and Northeastern Region cooperative fish rearing facilities.

The stocked fish help supplement natural trout populations and also provide fishing opportunities for anglers fishing urban fishing waters, which received more than 68,000 trout raised in partnership with fishing clubs.

Area waters that received trout include:

Waupaca County

Bass Lake: 105 adult broodstock brown trout and 934 yearling rainbow trout.
Crystal River: 946 yearling rainbow trout.
Little Long Lake: 369 yearling rainbow trout.
Pigeon River: 586 yearling rainbow trout.
Skunk Lake: 758 yearling rainbow trout.
Waupaca River: 10,748 large fingerling brown trout and 2,000 yearling rainbow trout.

Waushara County

Johns Lake: 2,507 yearling brown trout and 1,800 yearling rainbow trout.
Lyman Lake: 1,125 yearling brown trout and 1,014 yearling rainbow trout.
Redgranite Quarry: 2,250 yearling rainbow trout.
Spring Lake: 2,500 yearling brown trout and 1,800 yearling rainbow trout.
West Branch, White River: 5,000 large fingerling rainbow trout.

Portage County

Little Plover River: 1,814 yearling rainbow trout.
Spring Lake: 2,481 yearling rainbow trout.
Sunset Lake: 3,159 yearling rainbow trout.
Thomas Lake: 2,049 yearling rainbow trout.
Tomorrow River: 12,247 large fingerling brown trout.

Outagamie County

Memorial Park Pond: 962 yearling rainbow trout.

Winnebago County

South Park Ponds: 500 yearling brook trout and 994 yearling rainbow trout.

Shawano County

Homme Pond: 814 yearling rainbow trout.
Korth Lake: 700 yearling rainbow trout.
Middle Branch, Embarrass River: 1,364 yearling rainbow trout.
North Branch, Embarrass River: 529 yearling brown trout.
Oconto River: 8,800 large fingerling brown trout.
Red River: 779 yearling rainbow trout.
Tilleda Pond: 509 yearling rainbow trout.

A complete statewide list of stocked waters can be found at widnr.widen.net/s/t8hpxrkltl/catchabletroutstockedfinal2023.