Here’s Where and When 110,000 Fish Will Be Stocked in Idaho This Month

It’s always a good time to go fishing in Idaho, but it’s definitely more enjoyable when you are catching something other than a bad mood. I don’t mind sitting by a lake or river with a line in the water and no fish action, but my wife gets bored when the fish aren’t biting.

That’s why it’s important to know which locations are being stocked with fish in Idaho and when, and this month, you have options all over the state that will be loaded with catchable fish.

Here’s Where and When 110,000 Fish Will Be Stocked in Idaho This Month

I took my family fishing at Dierkes Lake in Twin Falls over the weekend and had pretty good success. We fished for an hour and caught three rainbow trout, and lost another three right on the shore. According to the stocking records, Dierkes hasn’t been stocked since August of last year, so we were pleasantly surprised to catch anything other than blue gill.

Dierkes still isn’t on the list of waterways to get fish, but there are dozens of rivers, lakes, and ponds that will be stocked this month. Idaho Fish and Game plans to send out more than 110,000 catchable rainbow trout in March. The full list is on the IDFG website, but here are a few of the notable locations in each region of Idaho.

• Panhandle Region - Kelso and Round Lake are each getting 2,500 trout at the end of the month.
• Clearwater Region - Mann Lake is getting 6,000 trout between the 23rd and 27th.
• Southwest Region - Crane Falls Reservoir will get 1,000 trout, and Kleiner and McDevitt Ponds will each get 540 trout between the 16th and 20th.
• Magic Valley Region - Cedar Creek Reservoir is getting 2,000 trout between the 9th and 13th. The Filer Ponds will get 900, and the Hagerman WMA will get around 10,000 trout between the 5 lakes at various times between the 9th and 27th. Gavers Lagoon (Hayspur) is getting 1,425 trout between the 16th and 20th.
• Southeast Region - American Falls Reservoir is going to be loaded with 18,000 catchable trout this month, and Chesterfield Reservoir is scheduled to get 19,200 trout at the end of the month or when ice conditions allow.
• Upper Snake Region - Gem Lake will be stocked with 3,000 trout between the 23rd and 27th.
• Salmon Region - Hayden Creek Pond will get 650 trout between the 23rd and 27th.

The stocking schedules are tentative and could be changed depending on water or weather conditions.

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As an added bonus, in preparation for the future, Idaho Fish and Game has already stocked American Falls Reservoir with 240 thousand small ‘fingerling’ trout, between three and 6 inches long. They loaded the reservoir with 13,200 catchable-sized trout on the 2nd.