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, advanced 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 2019/20.
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) 2019
| 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 |
|
* Nanga Brook |
|
| * Nannup Brook |
10,000 |
* Marrinup 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 town weir) |
20,000 |
| * Manjimup Brook |
|
* Quinninup Brook |
|
| Logue Brook Dam |
20,000 |
* Smith Brook |
20,000 |
| Logue Brook |
20,000 |
* Wilgarup Brook
|
10,000
|
| * Treen Brook |
15,000 |
* Pine Creek |
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 2020.
Rainbow ex-broodstock adults released
| Harvey Dam |
1,700
|
1,700
|
|---|
| Drakesbrook Dam |
200
|
200
|
|---|
Waroona Dam
|
200 |
200 |
|---|
Big Brook Dam
|
200
|
200
|
|---|
Lefroy Brook
|
/
|
200
|
|---|
Brown ex-broodstock adults released
| Harvey Dam |
/
|
200
|
|---|
| Waroona Dam |
/ |
100 |
|---|
| Big Brook Dam |
/ |
50 |
|---|
| Drakesbrook Dam |
50
|
50
|
|---|
Collie Gorge
|
/
|
50
|
|---|
Lefroy Brook
|
/
|
50
|
|---|
Of those released in winter 2018, any that survived over last year will still be available to catch at the start of spring 2019. Those released in winter 2018 will also be of minimum legal size.
Rainbow yearlings released in winter 2019
| Logue Brook Dam |
500 |
Lefroy Brook |
1,000 |
| Collie Gorge |
1,000 |
Harvey Dam |
1,000 |
| Donnelly River |
1,000 |
Murray River |
1,4000 |
| Warren River |
2,000 |
Norolup Dam |
200 |
| Blackwood River |
2,000 |
|
|
Advanced rainbow yearlings released in winter 2019
| Waroona Dam |
1,500 |
| Glen Mervyn Dam |
500 |
| Big Brook Dam |
1,000 |
| Drakesbrook Dam |
500
|
| Lefroy Brook |
500 |
| Harvey Dam |
2,000 |
| Serpentine River |
500 |
Brown yearlings released in winter 2019
| Treen Brook |
300 |
| Lefroy Brook |
1,000 |
| Warren River |
1,700 |
| Collie Gorge |
1,000 |
| Donnelly River |
1,000 |
| Harvey Dam |
500 |
These trout are likely to reach a minimum legal size to take in early or late summer, depending on their environmental conditions and available food resources.