Please find the Trout Stocking Victoria 2023. Just before the school holidays, ‘ready-to-catch’ rainbow trout are stocked into lakes around Melbourne and Victoria. Please keep in mind that a daily bag limit of five trout applies, of which only two can exceed 35 centimeters. This is all part of the VFA target of 1 million by 2020 and a target of 10 million by 2022 initiatives. The schedule below can change without warning due to local conditions, including low water levels, drought, algae, or fire.
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School holiday trout stocking schedule 2023
| 1st Term (April) | 2nd Term (June) | 3rd Term (Sept) | Gone Fishing Day (Oct) | |
| Albert Park Lake (Albert Park) | 0 | 1500 | 1500 | 0 |
| Alexandra Lake (Ararat) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Allans Flat Dredge Hole (Yackandandah) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 500 |
| Anderson Lake (Chiltern) | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| Arboretum Dam (Euroa) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Bannockburn Lagoon (Bannockburn) | 0 | 0* | 300 | 0 |
| Bartlett Lake (Tatura) | 0 | 150 | 150 | 0 |
| Berwick Springs Estate Lake (Berwick) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 0 |
| Calembeen Lake (Creswick) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Casey Fields Lake (Cranbourne) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 750 |
| Cato Lake (Stawell) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Caulfield Racecourse Lake (Caulfield) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Cobden Lake (Cobden) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Coleraine Lagoon (Coleraine) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Crusoe Reservoir (Kangaroo Flat) | 0 | 550 | 450 | 0 |
| Don Lake (Healesville) | 0 | 400 | 400 | 0 |
| Dunkeld Arboretum (Dunkeld) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Eildon Pondage Weir (Eildon) | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| Emerald Lake (Emerald) | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| Esmond Lake (Ballarat) | 0 | 250 | 250 | 0 |
| Ess Lagoon (Casterton) | 0 | 0* | 500 | 0 |
| Felltimber Creek Wetlands (Wodonga) | 0 | 600 | 600 | 0 |
| Ferntree Gully Quarry (Ferntree Gully) | 0 | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| Foletti Caravan Park Lake (Donald) | 0 | 350 | 350 | 0 |
| Forest Lake (Kangaroo Flat) | 0 | 100* | 200 | 0 |
| Garfield Lake (Garfield) | 0 | 150* | 250 | 0 |
| Glenlyon Dam (Glenlyon, Victoria) | 0 | 300 | 200 | 0 |
| Glenrowan Recreational Reserve Lake | 0 | 600 | 600 | 0 |
| Goldfields Reservoir (St Arnaud) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golf Course Dam (Longwood) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Great Western Racing Recreation Reserve Lake | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| Guthridge Lake (Sale) | 0 | 250 | 250 | 0 |
| Haddon Reservoir (Haddon, near Ballarat) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Hamilton Lake (Hamilton) | 0 | 500*** | 0 | 0 |
| Hanging Rock Lake (Woodend) | 0 | 350 | 350 | 0 |
| Heyfield Racecourse Lake (Heyfield) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Hyland Lake (Churchill) | 0 | 800 | 800 | 800 |
| Jack Emmett Lagoon (Rupanyup) | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 |
| Jubilee Lake (Daylesford) | 0 | 300 | 200 | 0 |
| Jubilee Lake (Skipton) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Karkarook Lake (Moorabbin) | 0 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Kennington Reservoir (Strathdale) | 0 | 600 | 500 | 0 |
| Les Stone Park Lake (Wodonga) | 0 | 0* | 300 | 0 |
| Lethbridge Lake (Lethbridge) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Lilliput Lane Reserve (Pakenham) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Lillydale Lake (Lilydale) | 0 | 1000 | 1000 | 0 |
| Lismore Golf Club Dam (Lismore) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Marma Lake (Murtoa) | 0 | 350 | 350 | 0 |
| Marysville Lake (Marysville) | 450 | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| Merriwa Park Lake (Wangaratta) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Minyip Wetlands (Minyip) | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| Mooroopna Recreation Reserve Lake | 0 | 150 | 150 | 0 |
| Morwell/Kernot Lake (Morwell) | 0** | 0** | 0** | 0** |
| Mount Beauty Pondage (Mt Beauty) | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Navan Park Lake (Melton) | 0 | 600 | 600 | |
| Neangar Lake (Eaglehawk) | 0 | 400 | 300 | 0 |
| Nhill Lake (Nhill) | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| Numurkah Lake (Numurkah) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Nursery Reservoir (Macedon) | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Ouyen Lake (Ouyen) | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Hamilton Reservoir (Hamilton) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Pakenham Lake (Pakenham) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 0 |
| Pertobe Lake (Warrnambool) | 0 | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| Police Paddock Dams (Horsham) | 0 | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| Quarry Street Reserve Lake (Trentham) | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainbow Lake (Rainbow) | 0 | 400 | 200 | 0 |
| Rokewood Reservoir (Rokewood) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Rowville Lakes (Rowville) | 0 | 550 | 550 | 0 |
| Roxburgh Park Lakes (McIvor Lake) | 0 | 400 | 400 | 0 |
| Saint Augustine’s Water Hole (Geelong) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 0 |
| Sambell Lake (Beechworth) | 0 | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| Shadforth Reserve Island Pond (Violet Town) | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson Recreation Reserve Lakes | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| Spavin Lake (Sunbury) | 0 | 600 | 600 | 0 |
| Stanley Ditch Dam (Stanley) | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| St George’s Dam (Stawell) | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Sumsion Gardens Lake (Wodonga) | 0 | 400 | 400 | 0 |
| Tchum Lake (Birchip) | 0 | 1000 | 1000 | 0 |
| Tea Tree Lake (Mortlake) | 0 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| The Gong (Buninyong) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Tom Thumb Lake (Eaglehawk) | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 |
| Tronoh Dredge Hole (Harrietville) | 0 | 400 | 400 | 0 |
| Upper Sandy Creek Dam (Sandy Creek) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 0 |
| Victoria Lake (Shepparton) | 0 | 750 | 750 | 0 |
| Victoria Lakes (Ballarat) | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| Walter J Smith Reserve (Riddells Creek) | 0 | 0* | 200 | 0 |
| Yaapeet Lake (Yaapeet) | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Yarrambat Lake (Yarrambat) | 0 | 1000 | 550 | 600 |
How to catch stocked Trout tutorial video
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