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 planned location for releasing trout in 2020. Please note, these locations and numbers may be subject to change.
2020 trout stocking plan
Rainbow trout fry
Up to 400,000 rainbow trout fry will be stocked across the following locations. Released fingerlings will likely be of legal size to take by autumn/winter 2021.
* Indicates a tributary.
| Serpentine River |
Donnelly River |
| Murray River |
Barlee Brook |
| * Cypress Brook |
* Beedelup Brook |
| * Nanga Brook |
* Dampier Gully |
| Harvey River |
* Record Brook |
| * Lower Falls Brook |
Logue Brook Dam |
| McKnoes Brook |
Logue Brook |
| Brunswick River |
Warren River |
| Collie River (below dam) |
* Treen Brook |
| Blackwood River |
* Lefroy Brook upper (above town weir) |
| * Balingup Brook |
* Quinninup Brook |
| * Lower Carlotta Brook |
* Lower Smith Brook |
| * Hesters Brook |
Drakesbrook Dam |
| * Nannup Brook |
Norolup dam
|
| * St Johns Brook |
King River |
Rainbow trout ex-broodstock adults
Ex-broodstock rainbow trout will be stocked across the following locations. Released ex-broodstock are of legal size upon release.
| Waroona Dam |
400
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| Drakesbrook Dam |
200
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Harvey Dam
|
1,500 |
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| Logue Brook Dam |
200 |
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| Lefroy Brook |
0
|
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Big Brook Dam
|
200
|
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Brown trout ex-broodstock adults
Ex-broodstock brown trout will be stocked across the following locations. Released ex-broodstock are of legal size upon release.
| Waroona Dam |
100
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| Drakesbrook Dam |
50 |
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| Harvey Dam |
200 |
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| Collie Gorge |
50
|
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Lefroy Brook
|
50
|
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Big Brook Dam
|
50
|
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Rainbow trout yearlings
Rainbow trout yearlings will be stocked across the following locations. Released yearlings will likely be of legal size to take from early to late Summer 2020/2021, depending on environmental conditions and availability of food resources.
| Murray River |
1,600 |
| Waroona Dam |
2,100 |
| Drakesbrook Dam |
700 |
| Logue Brook Dam |
700 |
| Harvey Dam |
3,800 |
| Collie Gorge |
1,000 |
| Glen Mervyn Dam |
200 |
| Blackwood River |
2,100 |
| Donnelly River |
1,000 |
| Lefroy Brook |
1,600 |
| Big Brook Dam |
1,250 |
| Warren River |
2,100 |
Brown trout yearlings
Brown trout yearlings will be stocked across the following locations. Released yearlings will likely be of legal size to take from early to late Summer 2020/2021, depending on environmental conditions and availability of food resources.
| Harvey Dam |
350 |
| Collie Gorge |
1,400 |
| Donnelly River |
700 |
| Lefroy Brook |
750 |
| Warren River |
1,200 |