ODFW Ramps up trout stocking with over 55,000 fish headed for Eastern Oregon this April

EASTERN OREGON – Even though winter never really started, spring is here, and that means its time to hit the water and start fishing! To facilitate this, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is picking up its trout stocking schedule in Eastern Oregon for April. From the end of March through the beginning of May, 55,375 legals and trophies are bound for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs in the Northeast and Southeast zones. A full schedule is as follows:

Northeast Oregon Zone (29,925)

March 30—April 3

• Seventh Street Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,100 Legals
• Ladd (Peach) Pond (La Grande office)
  • 1,075 Legals
• Hat Rock Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,000 Legals
• Willow Creek Reservoir (John Day Office)
  • 750 Legals
• McNary Channel Ponds (John Day Office)
  • 4,500 Legals
• Tatone Pond (John Day Office)
  • 500 Legals
• Roulet Pond (La Grande Office)
  • 1,100 Legals
  • 125 Trophy
• Holliday Park Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,100 Legals
• Long Creek Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,000 Legals
• Willow Creek (John Day Office)
  • 500 Legals

April 20—April 4

• Roulet Pond (La Grande Office)
  • 200 Trophy 
• Ladd (Peach) Pond (La Grande Office)
  • 1,075 Legals
• Morgan Lake (La Grande Office)
  • 500 Legals
• Marr Pond (Enterprise Office)
  • 250 Legals
  • 75 Trophy
• Wallowa Wildlife Pond (Wavers Pond) (Enterprise Office)
  • 250 Legals
  • 75 Trophy
• Weston Highway Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,200 Legals

April 27—May 1

• Morrow County OHV Park Pond #1 (Trout Lake) (John Day Office)
  • 800 Legals
• Morrow County OHV Park Pond #4 (Wilson) (John Day Office)
  • 400 Legals
• Morrow County OHV Park Pond #3 (O’Brien) (John Day)
  • 400 Legals
• Cutsforth Pond (John Day Office)
  • 700 Legals
• Willow Creek Reservoir (John Day Office)
  • 1,800 Legals
• Morrow County OHV Park Pond#2 (Red Rock) (John Day Office)
  • 700 Legals
• McNary Channel Ponds (John Day Office)
  • 5,300 Legals
• Hot Rock Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,200 Legals
• Bull Prairie Reservoir (John Day Office)
  • 1,250 Legals
• Anson Wright Pond (John Day Office)
  • 1,000 Legals

Southeast Oregon Zone (25,450 fish)

March 30—April 3

• North powder Pond-1 (La Grande Office)
  • 2,750 Legals
• Haines Pond-1 (La Grande Office)
  • 900 Legals
• Highway 203 Pond (La Grande Office)
  • 2,250 Legals
  • 825 Trophy
• Murray Reservoir (La Grande Office)
  • 2,900 Legals

April 6—April 10

• Burns Gravel Pond (Hines Office)
  • 5,750 Legals

April 20—April 24

• Bully Creek Reservoir (Hines Office)
  • 7,000 Legals

April 27—May 1

• Highway 203 Pond (La Grande Office)
  • 2,250 Legals
  • 825 Trophy

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