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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources conducted limited trout stocking throughout Maryland this spring in an effort to alleviate overcrowding at state fish hatcheries, and also provide opportunity for recreational anglers.
Following Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive orders to limit spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, state employees suspended all field activities, including regularly scheduled trout stocking.
Without the scheduled stocking, state hatcheries lacked room needed to continue production for future seasons, and as trout in these facilities continued to grow, they were at risk of higher mortality. Removing fish and stocking them into public waters became an urgent matter.
To date, the department has stocked 211,450 brown, golden, and rainbow trout across the state, at the locations listed below. Annual production at our hatcheries is about 300,000 trout. This completes trout stocking for the spring.
The department encourages anglers to take advantage of the incredible fishing opportunities Maryland has to offer, provided all practice social distancing, avoid crowded areas, and minimize social interaction.
Allegany County
- Battie Mixon: 1,500
- Cotton Cove Pond: 600
- Evitts Creek: 6,000
- Fifteen Mile Creek: 3,700
- Flintstone Creek: 1,000
- Georges Creek: 500
- Jennings Run: 4,500
- N.B.P.R. Zero Creel: 1,900
- North Jennings Run Watershed: 1,000
- Rocky Gap: 4,400
- Wills Creek: 5,500
Baltimore County
- Gunpowder Falls, Lower: 7,000
- Gunpowder Falls, Upper: 3,000
- Little Gunpowder Falls: 3,500
- Patapsco River, Daniels: 2,000
Carroll County
- Farm Museum Pond: 1,200
- South Branch Patapsco River: 1,400
- South Branch Patapsco River. (Mariottsville Road): 2,500
- South Branch Patapsco River (River Roa): 1,250
- Taneytown Pond: 1,100
Cecil County
- Big Elk: 2,500
- Howards Pond: 1,750
- Rising Sun Pond: 1,100
Charles County
- Hughesville Pond: 300
- Myrtle Grove: 2,000
- Wheatley Lake: 2,500
Frederick County
- Brunswick Pond: 1,000
- Carroll Creek: 1,000
- Catoctin Creek Park: 500
- Cunningham Falls Lake: 4,000
- Fishing Creek: 1,000
- Frank Bentz Pond: 1,000
- Friends Creek: 2,500
- Hamburg Pond: 500
- Middle Creek: 4,700
- Owens Creek: 3,000
- Rainbow Lake: 2,500
- Whiskey Springs Pond: 500
Garrett County
- Accident Pond: 1,500
- Bear Creek: 9,000
- Broadford Lake: 3,000
- Casselman River:4,000
- Deep Creek Lake: 7,400
- Glades Park Pond: 1,000
- Herrington Lake: 3,500
- Jennings Randolph Lake: 6,000
- Little Youghiogheny River: 2,000
- Mill Run: 1,000
- Muddy Creek: 1,800
- North Branch Potomac River, Gorman: 600
- North Branch Potomac River: Kitzmiller: 4,500
- North Branch Potomac River:.Westernport: 5,000
- Parkview Pond: 500
- Piney Reservoir: 1,000
- Savage Reservoir: 2,300
- Savage River: 6,000
- Snowy Creek: 1,000
- Youghiogheny River: 2,100
- Youghiogheny River, Friendsville: 2,000
- Youghiogheny River, Oakland: 6,000
Harford County
- Deer Creek: 6,500
- Forest Hill Pond: 500
Montgomery County
- Great Seneca Creek: 3,500
- Izaak Walton Pond: 500
- Lake Needwood: 1,500
- Martin Luther King Jr. Pond: 1,400
- Northwest Branch: 4,500
- Patuxent River, Laurel: 1,000
Prince George's County
- Cosca Lake: 2,000
- Lake Artemesia: 3,000
- Laurel Lake: 600
- Melwood Pond: 250
Queen Anne's County
Washington County
- Antietam Creek: 2,000
- Beaver Creek: 6,500
- Blairs Valley: 6,500
- Greenbrier Lake: 4,000
- Indian Springs Pond: 500
- Israel Creek: 2,500
- Licking Creek: 3,000
- Little Antietam Creek: 1,500
- Little Tonoloway Creek: 300
- Little Tonoloway Creek, Upper: 300
- Sharpsburg Pond: 500
- Sideling Hill Creek : 1,000
Total: 211,450
Fishing licenses and trout stamps are available for purchase here.
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