Louisiana Fish Stocking
LDWF hatchery releases: Florida bass and other sportfish by water for spring 2024 and 2025, redfish, and the community ponds.
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What the LDWF hatcheries put into Louisiana water
LDWF operates four freshwater sportfish hatcheries (Booker Fowler and Beechwood in Forest Hill, Monroe, Huey P. Long in Lacombe) producing Florida Bass, Hybrid Striped Bass, Black and White Crappie, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Redear, Threadfin Shad and other species; Florida Bass are stocked to raise trophy size potential, generally around two and a half million bass a year.
No spring 2026 hatchery stocking report found in LDWF news (2026 news list read through Oct. 28, 2026); latest per-water table is spring 2025. Per-water dates not printed in the hatchery tables (January-June only). No fall/winter per-water numbers; community-pond numbers not published.
LDWF hatchery stocking releases (spring 2024 and 2025 per-water tables, single stockings to 2026); LDWF publishes no per-row dates; read October 28, 2026.
LDWF spring 2025 hatchery releases by water
| Water | Species | Number | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake | Florida Bass | 2,080,500 | Fry |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | Florida Bass | 499,400 | Fingerlings |
| Bayou D'Arbonne Lake | Florida Bass | 300,400 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Bistineau | Florida Bass | 229,900 | Fingerlings |
| Lacassine Pool | Florida Bass | 180,400 | Fingerlings |
| Caddo Lake and James Bayou | Florida Bass | 176,900 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Claiborne | Florida Bass | 143,800 | Fingerlings |
| Cross Lake | Florida Bass | 114,100 | Fingerlings |
| Rockefeller Refuge | Florida Bass | 105,800 | Fingerlings |
| Black Lake and Clear Lake | Florida Bass | 105,400 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake | Florida Bass | 100,300 | Fingerlings |
| Black Bayou Lake | Florida Bass | 84,200 | Fingerlings |
| Vernon Lake | Florida Bass | 84,000 | Fingerlings |
| Larto Lake | Florida Bass | 80,500 | Fingerlings |
| Iatt Lake | Florida Bass | 71,000 | Fingerlings |
| Cheniere Brake Lake | Florida Bass | 63,400 | Fingerlings |
| Caney Lake (combined) | Florida Bass | 61,200 | Fingerlings |
| Caney Creek | Florida Bass | 53,000 | Fingerlings |
| Lake St. John | Florida Bass | 50,600 | Fingerlings |
| Henderson Lake | Florida Bass | 50,300 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Providence | Florida Bass | 44,300 | Fingerlings |
| Bussey Brake | Florida Bass | 40,100 | Fingerlings |
| Kincaid Lake | Florida Bass | 38,000 | Fingerlings |
| Nantachie Lake | Florida Bass | 36,400 | Fingerlings |
| Grand Bayou Reservoir | Florida Bass | 36,000 | Fingerlings |
| Black River Lake | Florida Bass | 33,000 | Fingerlings |
| Chicot Lake | Florida Bass | 32,900 | Fingerlings |
| Millers Lake | Florida Bass | 32,100 | Fingerlings |
| Spanish Lake | Florida Bass | 26,600 | Fingerlings |
| Cotile Lake | Florida Bass | 26,200 | Fingerlings |
| Lake LaFourche | Florida Bass | 25,900 | Fingerlings |
| Kepler Creek Lake | Florida Bass | 24,600 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Concordia | Florida Bass | 22,000 | Fingerlings |
| Sibley Lake | Florida Bass | 21,000 | Fingerlings |
| Poverty Point Reservoir | Florida Bass | 20,100 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Bruin | Florida Bass | 20,000 | Fingerlings |
| Bayou Bartholomew | Florida Bass | 16,200 | Fingerlings |
| Clear Lake and Smithport Lake | Florida Bass | 15,100 | Fingerlings |
| Corney Lake | Florida Bass | 14,600 | Fingerlings |
| Black Bayou and Black Bayou Reservoir | Florida Bass | 11,500 | Fingerlings |
| Ivan Lake | Florida Bass | 10,000 | Fingerlings |
| Mill Creek Lake | Florida Bass | 6,800 | Fingerlings |
| False River | Florida Bass | 6,000 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Buhlow | Florida Bass | 5,300 | Fingerlings |
| Little Alabama Bayou | Florida Bass | 4,000 | Fingerlings |
| Bayou St. John | Florida Bass | 3,200 | Fingerlings |
| Pearl River Navigation Canal | Florida Bass | 3,200 | Phase II Fingerlings |
| Chatham Lake | Florida Bass | 3,100 | Fingerlings |
| Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge | Florida Bass | 2,000 | Fingerlings |
| Eunice City Lake | Florida Bass | 1,200 | Fingerlings |
| Valentine Lake | Florida Bass | 1,100 | Fingerlings |
| Drainage Canals, Jefferson and Orleans Parishes | Florida Bass | 600 | Fingerlings |
| Fullerton Lake | Florida Bass | 570 | Fingerlings |
| Gretna City Pond | Florida Bass | 300 | Fingerlings |
| Perez Park Pond | Florida Bass | 300 | Fingerlings |
| Holbrook Park Pond | Florida Bass | 250 | Fingerlings |
| Cameron Prairie | Florida Bass | 100 | Phase II Fingerlings |
| Lake Buhlow | Florida Bass | 77 | Adults |
Statewide (56 waterbodies): 5,219,797. Approximately 5.3 million freshwater sportfish into 56 waterbodies statewide, spring 2025; table TOTAL 5,219,797.
LDWF spring 2024 hatchery releases by water
| Water | Species | Number | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | Florida Bass | 620,000 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Providence | Florida Bass | 515,400 | Fry |
| Cheniere Brake Lake | Florida Bass | 405,000 | Fry |
| Bayou dArbonne Lake | Florida Bass | 271,700 | Fingerlings |
| Cheniere Brake Lake | Florida Bass | 214,900 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Buhlow | Florida Bass | 206,400 | Fry |
| Spring Bayou | Florida Bass | 197,400 | Fry |
| Spring Bayou | Florida Bass | 163,600 | Fingerlings |
| Caddo Lake and James Bayou | Florida Bass | 151,000 | Fingerlings |
| Rockefeller Refuge | Florida Bass | 150,100 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Bistineau | Florida Bass | 139,900 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake | Florida Bass | 100,000 | Fingerlings |
| Cross Lake | Florida Bass | 99,000 | Fingerlings |
| Vernon Lake | Florida Bass | 84,000 | Fingerlings |
| Larto Lake | Florida Bass | 80,200 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Claiborne | Florida Bass | 80,000 | Fingerlings |
| Iatt Lake | Florida Bass | 71,000 | Fingerlings |
| Cheniere Brake Lake | Florida Bass | 62,500 | Fingerlings |
| Spring Bayou | Florida Bass | 54,000 | Fingerlings |
| Bussey Brake | Florida Bass | 49,100 | Fingerlings |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | Florida Bass | 41,900 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Providence | Florida Bass | 39,700 | Fingerlings |
| Black Bayou and Black Bayou Reservoir | Florida Bass | 38,000 | Fingerlings |
| Kincaid Lake | Florida Bass | 38,000 | Fingerlings |
| Chicot Lake | Florida Bass | 32,000 | Fingerlings |
| Nantachie Lake | Florida Bass | 31,000 | Fingerlings |
| Grand Bayou Reservoir | Florida Bass | 30,000 | Fingerlings |
| Calcasieu River | Hybrid Striped Bass | 29,500 | Fingerlings |
| Kepler Creek Lake | Florida Bass | 25,300 | Fingerlings |
| Cotile Lake | Florida Bass | 24,800 | Fingerlings |
| Sibley Lake | Florida Bass | 22,000 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Bruin | Florida Bass | 20,200 | Fingerlings |
| Bayou Bartholomew | Florida Bass | 20,000 | Fingerlings |
| Poverty Point Reservoir | Florida Bass | 20,000 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Claiborne | Hybrid Striped Bass | 16,100 | Fingerlings |
| Black Bayou Lake | Florida Bass | 15,000 | Fingerlings |
| Corney Lake | Florida Bass | 14,000 | Fingerlings |
| Black Bayou and Black Bayou Reservoir | Florida Bass | 12,200 | Fingerlings |
| Hardwater Lake | Florida Bass | 10,000 | Fingerlings |
| Crooked Creek Lake | Florida Bass | 8,000 | Fingerlings |
| Mill Creek Lake | Florida Bass | 7,900 | Fingerlings |
| Cross Lake | Florida Bass | 7,100 | Fingerlings |
| Poverty Point Reservoir | Hybrid Striped Bass | 7,100 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Bruin | Hybrid Striped Bass | 6,700 | Fingerlings |
| False River | Florida Bass | 6,000 | Fingerlings |
| Ivan Lake | Florida Bass | 6,000 | Fingerlings |
| Lake St. John | Hybrid Striped Bass | 5,000 | Fingerlings |
| Woolen Lake | Florida Bass | 5,000 | Fingerlings |
| Bussey Brake | Black Crappie | 4,200 | Fingerlings |
| Caney Lake (combined) | Florida Bass | 4,200 | Fingerlings |
| Dubuisson Lake | Florida Bass | 4,000 | Fingerlings |
| Chatham Lake | Florida Bass | 3,100 | Fingerlings |
| Lake Concordia | Hybrid Striped Bass | 2,700 | Fingerlings |
| Pearl River Navigation Canal | Florida Bass | 2,300 | Phase II Fingerlings |
| Mermentau River | Paddlefish | 1,039 | Fingerlings |
| Crooked Creek Lake | Bluegill | 1,000 | Fingerlings |
| Ruston Sports Complex | Bluegill | 1,000 | Fingerlings |
| Valentine Lake | Florida Bass | 1,000 | Fingerlings |
| Fullerton Lake | Florida Bass | 500 | Fingerlings |
| Parc Des Families | Florida Bass | 400 | Phase II Fingerlings |
| Gretna City Pond | Florida Bass | 200 | Fingerlings |
| Perez Park Pond | Florida Bass | 200 | Fingerlings |
| Bussey Brake | White Crappie | 132 | Fingerlings |
| Parc Natchitoches | Florida Bass | 44 | Phase II Fingerlings |
Statewide (50 waterbodies): approximately 4.2 million. Approximately 4.2 million freshwater sportfish into 50 waterbodies, spring 2024.
How far Florida bass genes have spread in Louisiana lakes
LDWF tests bass for Florida genes to see how stockings take hold. Its 2024 figures, as printed: Lacassine Pool 96.4%; NOLA City Park 80.2%; Poverty Point 71.0%; Cypress Lake 43.2%; Toledo Bend 42.1%; Indian Creek 36.7%; Chicot Lake 32.5%; False River 29.6%; Bundick Lake 26.5%; Lake Claiborne 26.1%.
LDWF news release July 23, 2024, read October 28, 2026.
Single Louisiana stockings and the first redfish release
| Water | Species | Number | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Boeuf | Florida Bass (pure) | 32,000 | October 17, 2025 | LDWF-Responsible Anglers United partnership; future stockings planned through 2027. |
| Lake Buhlow (Pineville) | Florida Largemouth Bass (retired broodstock adults) | 140 | December 10, 2025 | Announced as a planned release on December 10 (release dated Dec. 8, 2025); joins 77 adults released in the spring. |
| Pearl River | Gulf Strain Striped Bass | 5,500 | June 4, 2026 | With USFWS, Mississippi DWFP and the Gulf Striped Bass Working Group; raised at Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery. |
| Calcasieu Lake (West Cove Boat Ramp, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge) | Red Drum | more than 50,000 | September 11, 2026 | Part of more than 150,000 hatchery-raised red drum released (CCA Louisiana, RFRI and LDWF; Louisiana's first redfish restocking). Additional releases in the Rigolets and Grand Isle (numbers not printe |
| Calcasieu Lake, the Rigolets and Grand Isle | Red Drum | More than 150,000 | 2026 |
Winter trout and fall catfish at Get Out & Fish! sites
LDWF stocked 15 community sites with adult-size rainbow trout in January 2026 and printed a fall channel catfish date for 15 sites; it does not publish numbers for these ponds.
Bayou and Gulf water beside Louisiana Fish Stocking
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Bart Everson, CC BY 2.0
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5
Hatchery stocking questions, answered from LDWF
How many fish did LDWF stock in spring 2025?
5,219,797, Approximately 5.3 million freshwater sportfish into 56 waterbodies statewide, spring 2025; table TOTAL 5,219,797..
Which water got the most in spring 2025?
Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake, 2,080,500 florida bass.
Why Florida bass?
LDWF stocks Florida bass to raise the trophy-size potential of Louisiana lakes, around two and a half million a year.
Which hatcheries does LDWF run?
Booker Fowler and Beechwood in Forest Hill, plus hatcheries in Monroe and Lacombe (Huey P. Long).
Has LDWF stocked redfish?
Yes; in September 2026 CCA Louisiana, RFRI and LDWF released more than 150,000 hatchery red drum in Calcasieu Lake, the Rigolets and Grand Isle, the first redfish restocking.
Are stocking dates printed?
No; the spring tables cover January to June without per-water dates.
Is there a spring 2026 table?
LDWF had not published one when this page was checked; the latest per-water table is spring 2025.
Does LDWF stock trout?
Only adult rainbow trout in Get Out & Fish! community ponds each winter.