Oregon & Washington September Trout Stocking Schedules

Fall Stocking Starts

Happy September! Fall is in the air. The days are growing shorter, and the nights cooler. Water temperatures have started to drop, and stocking efforts are slowly picking back up. It's time for our monthly update on what to expect and where to fly fish for stocked trout within three hours of Portland.

Stillwater Trout Fishing

Most plants this month will be concentrated on the coast, with a smattering of alpine lakes mixed in. Stocking has not yet begun in Central Oregon, and is finished for the season in the Cascades. However, most of our best and most accessible local fly fishing lakes have been stocked multiple times throughout spring and summer and will continue to fish well until snow and ice block angler access. So if you don't see your favorite on this month's list, don't worry — it will still be worth the effort!

Stream Trout Fishing

Low elevation stocking efforts in Southern Washington are done for the summer season and haven't yet gotten underway for the fall, so this month's report focuses exclusively on Oregon destinations. Remember, ODFW does not provide exact stocking dates, but rather a range of days. We have provided our own dates next to each Oregon waterbody. On or after those dates, these locations will hold stocked trout and should be good for fishing.

Italicized waterbodies were stocked in previous months. Asterisks indicate multiple plantings throughout the coming month. Be sure to check last month's stocking schedule to see which waterbodies received fish earlier in the season.

Oregon Stocking Schedule

* Good bank fishing opportunities for anglers without a float tube or watercraft.
Italicized locations indicate multiple plants throughout the month.