Hundreds of thousands of trout are released each year into the rivers and dams of the State’s south-west. Trout are released at varying sizes: as fry, yearlings and ex-broodstock, throughout the year, to provide a variety of fishing experiences for anglers.
See the tables below for locations of released trout likely to be of minimum legal size to take during 2018/19.
Stocking locations
These locations are stocked with rainbow trout unless otherwise indicated.
* indicates a tributary.
Rainbow fry stocked in winter and spring (May to October) 2018
| Brunswick River |
10,000 |
Harvey River |
10,000 |
| Blackwood River |
35,000 |
* Falls Brook |
10,000 |
| * Balingup Brook |
10,000 |
McKnoes Brook |
|
| * Carlotta Brook |
15,000 |
Murray River |
60,000 |
| * Hesters Brook |
10,000 |
* Big Brook |
|
| * Maranup Brook |
|
* Cypress Brook |
|
| * Mokerdillup Brook |
|
* Marrinup Brook |
|
| * Nannup Brook |
10,000 |
* Nanga Brook |
|
| * St Johns Brook |
15,000 |
Oakley Dam |
2,000 |
| * St Pauls Brook |
|
Warren River |
|
| Collie River (below dam) |
40,000 |
* Big Hill Brook |
|
Donnelly River |
60,000 |
* Dombakup Brook |
10,000 |
| Barlee Brook |
10,000 |
* East Brook |
10,000 |
| * Beedelup Brook |
10,000 |
* Lefroy Brook lower |
|
| * Dampier Gully |
5,000 |
* Lefroy Brook upper (above weir) |
20,000 |
| * Manjimup Brook |
|
* Quinninup Brook |
|
| Logue Brook Dam |
20,000 |
* Smith Brook |
20,000 |
| Logue Brook |
20,000 |
* Treen Brook |
15,000 |
| * Pine Creek |
10,000 |
* Wilgarup Brook |
10,000 |
| * Record Brook |
5,000 |
Drakesbrook Dam |
18,000 |
| Serpentine River |
20,000 |
Norolup dam |
10,000 |
More than 685,000 fingerlings were released and many will probably be of legal size to take by autumn/winter 2019.
Numbers of ex-broodstock adults released
| Harvey Dam |
1,900 |
1,700 |
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| Drakesbrook Dam |
200 |
200 |
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| Drakesbrook Dam - Brown |
0 |
50 |
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| Waroona Dam |
0 |
200 |
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| Big Brook Dam |
200 |
200 |
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Of those released in winter 2017, any that survived over last year will still be available to catch at the start of spring 2018. Those released in winter 2017 will also be of minimum legal size.
Rainbow yearlings released in winter 2018
| Logue Brook Dam |
500 |
Lefroy Brook |
2,000 |
| Collie Gorge |
1,000 |
Harvey Dam |
3,800 |
| Donnelly River |
1,000 |
Murray River |
2,000 |
| Warren River |
3,000 |
Serpentine River |
500 |
| Blackwood River |
2,000 |
Norolup Dam |
200 |
Advanced rainbow yearlings released in winter 2018
| Waroona Dam |
1,000 |
| Glen Mervyn Dam |
500 |
| Big Brook Dam |
1,000 |
| Drakesbrook Dam |
1,000 |
Brown yearlings released in winter 2018
| Treen Brook |
300 |
| Lefroy Brook |
1,500 |
| Warren River |
2,000 |
| Collie Gorge |
1,000 |
| Donnelly River |
1,000 |
| Harvey Dam |
1,200 |
These trout are likely to reach minimum legal size to take in early or late summer, depending on their environment and available food.