News  School is out, help stock trout!

The public is invited to help MassWildlife stock trout during school vacation week! Meet MassWildlife fisheries staff, view trout up close, and learn about places to fish near you. Join us at one of the following stocking events.

2026 Public trout stocking events:

• April 21: Cliff Pond, Brewster – Meet at 11 a.m. at the beach area off Flax Pond Road.
• April 22: Hampton Ponds, Westfield – Meet at 11 a.m. at Hampton Ponds State Park using the main entrance (not the boat ramp).
• April 22: Sunset Lake, Braintree –Meet at noon at Sunset Lake at 21 Safford Street.
• April 22: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester – Meet at 11 a.m. at Regatta Point in Quinsigamond State Park at 10 Lake Avenue North.
• April 22: Onota Lake, Pittsfield – Meet at 12:30 p.m. at Burbank Park on Lakeway Drive.
• April 23: Long Pond, Plymouth –Meet at 11 a.m. at the Long Pond Boat Ramp off Clark Road.
• April 23: Chicopee Reservoir, Chicopee – Meet at 11 a.m. at Chicopee Reservoir on Johnny Cake Hollow Road.
• April 24: Colburn Pond, Leominster – Meet at 11 a.m. at Colburn Pond at Barrett Park, 40 Barrett Parkway.

All ages are welcome, no registration required. 

Can't make one of these stocking events? You can still join in on the fun by planning a fishing trip with family or friends to take advantage of spring trout stocking. MassWildlife will stock hundreds of thousands of hatchery-raised brook, brown, rainbow, and tiger trout statewide this spring. Information about where trout have been stocked is updated daily at Mass.gov/Trout.