The table below provides a statewide summary of numbers stocked for each species of fish. To view water bodies stocked, see our county listings of warmwater/coolwater historical stockings, or the current year planned stockings.
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| PFBC Warmwater/Coolwater Stocking |
| Fish Species Historical Summary |
| Warmwater/coolwater (ww/cw) species of fish such as walleye, muskellunge, catfish and panfish (view
more species) are stocked by the Commission
generally as juveniles (sub-legal size). The best way to use our ww/cw stocking
information is to look at prior years as it takes time (3 to 4 years depending upon the species) for juveniles
to reach desirable or legal size (regulations allow anglers to keep)....more.
The table below provides a statewide summary of numbers stocked for each species of fish. To view water bodies stocked, see our county listings of warmwater/coolwater historical stockings, or the current year planned stockings. |
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| NUMBER STOCKED STATEWIDE | |||||||||
| Species | Life Stage | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| American Shad | Fingerling | - | 6,490 | - | - | - | 1,240 | - | - |
| Fry | 10,406,000 | 6,370,463 | 2,246,500 | 11,932,722 | 4,709,873 | 5,164,276 | 4,490,184 | 2,246,621 | |
| Black Crappie | Adult | 1,140 | 500 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | 2,911 | 253,123 | 98,624 | 845 | 4,735 | 193.786 | 270,373 | - | |
| Bluegill | Adult | 410 | 500 | 650 | 50 | 50 | - | 50 | - |
| Fingerling | 265,400 | 12,000 | 22,299 | 18,900 | 228 | 6,500 | 25,123 | 6,700 | |
| Brown Bullhead | Adult | 10,731 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chain Pickerel | Adult | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | 4,287 | 1,639 | 3,362 | 463 | 1,635 | 4,750 | 3,448 | 3,750 | |
| Channel Catfish | Fingerling | 164,123 | 205,828 | 353,728 | 265,652 | 253,601 | 209,327 | 156,146 | 62,350 |
| Coho Salmon | Fingerling | 137,204 | 99,855 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yearling | - | 27,786 | 100,289 | 69,912 | - | - | - | - | |
| Emerald Shiner | Adult | 385,120 | - | - | - | - | - | 8,788 | - |
| Fathead Minnow | Adult | 104,000 | - | 299,500 | 105,500 | 155,500 | 50,000 | - | - |
| Golden Shiner | Fingerling | 185,000 | - | - | - | - | 26,650 | - | 2,700 |
| Grass Carp | Adult | - | - | - | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Hickory Shad | Fry | - | 100,000 | 2,950,000 | 6,115,731 | 17,248,434 | 9,104,914 | 7,815,641 | |
| Lake Trout | Adult | - | - | - | 2,357 | - | - | 160 | |
| Fingerling | 39,789 | 52,998 | 58,905 | 67,999 | 81,990 | 120,446 | 21,461 | 31,572 | |
| Yearling | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59,194 | 85,499 | |
| Largemouth Bass | Adult | 205 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 26 | - |
| Fingerling | 38,232 | 23,927 | 18,500 | 585 | 16,850 | 18,419 | 3,158 | 23,034 | |
| Muskellunge | Adult | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | 126,734 | 111,944 | 122,947 | 78,719 | 122,392 | 105,847 | 111,379 | 104,247 | |
| Yearling | - | - | 1,308 | 1,465 | 1,603 | 2,609 | 2,865 | 2,525 | |
| Northern Pike | Fingerling | 4,590 | 5,620 | 6,618 | 4,520 | 6,620 | 6,530 | 6,530 | 6,530 |
| Paddlefish | Fingerling | 10,905 | 8,297 | 5,688 | 1,602 | 5,717 | 32,435 | 2,706 | - |
| Pumpkinseed | Adult | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rainbow Trout - Steelhead | Fingerling | 1,107,440 | 1,020,738 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yearling | - | 57,031 | 1,029,985 | 717,814 | 1,074,384 | 1,056,946 | 1,064,983 | 1,004,907 | |
| Redear Sunfish | Fingerling | 34,700 | 34,656 | 18,001 | 34,700 | 34,700 | - | 19,500 | - |
| Rock Bass | Adult | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | - | - | - | 3,539 | 6,800 | - | - | - | |
| Sauger | Fingerling | 2,000 | 11,451 | 7,265 | 1,000 | 18,624 | - | 62,858 | - |
| Saugeye | Fingerling | 2,650 | 22,057 | 13,992 | 2,200 | 4,000 | - | 18,505 | - |
| Smallmouth Bass | Adult | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | 11,115 | - | - | 25,762 | 22,400 | 448 | - | 1,080 | |
| Striped Bass | Adult | 600 | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | 81 |
| Fingerling | 270,476 | 223,906 | 24,081 | 446,716 | 37,017 | 301,050 | 352,922 | 212,934 | |
| Fry | - | - | - | 6,650,000 | 13,690,000 | 7,499,998 | 6,880,000 | 6,199,000 | |
| Suckers | Adult | 300 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiger Muskellunge | Fingerling | 63,456 | 84,275 | 73,475 | 87,513 | 80,476 | 87,315 | 91,993 | 102,202 |
| Yearling | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,200 | |
| Walleye | Adult | 500 | 250 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | 749,667 | 588,641 | 574,718 | 710,221 | 799,317 | 681,752 | 1,434,542 | 1,015,580 | |
| Fry | 76,070,501 | 69,489,753 | 71,015,253 | 83,798,552 | 84,057,552 | 73,389,549 | 92,147,951 | 51,318,350 | |
| Advanced Fry | - | - | - | - | - | - | 244,382 | 88,907 | |
| White Crappie | Adult | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | - | 300 | - | 1,075 | 8,088 | 1,200 | 1,958 | - | |
| White Sucker | Adult | 4 | 247 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| White X Striped Bass | Fingerling | 11,400 | 158,148 | 92,336 | 89,295 | 93,125 | 45,492 | 50,670 | 155,817 |
| Yellow Perch | Adult | 4 | 438 | 484 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Fingerling | 46,800 | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | 81,588 | |
| Fry | - | 1,120,000 | 1,120,000 | 1,411,000 | 1,000,000 | 947,598 | 944,600 | 947,600 | |
| All Species Combined | Adult | 503,056 | 2,025 | 301,934 | 108,007 | 155,750 | 50,027 | 8,864 | 2,941 |
| Fingerling | 3,113,232 | 2,754,236 | 1,338,916 | 1,669,748 | 1,406,799 | 1,648,336 | 2,633,378 | 1,807,384 | |
| Fry | 86,476,501 | 76,980,216 | 74,481,753 | 106,742,274 | 109,573,156 | 104,249,855 | 113,567,649 | 68,527,212 | |
| Advanced Fry | - | - | - | - | - | - | 244,382 | 88,907 | |
| Yearling | - | 84,817 | 1,131,582 | 789,191 | 1,075,987 | 1,059,555 | 1,127,042 | 1,100,331 | |
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