Classroom Aquarium Education Program (CAEP)
Bay Delta Region

Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma counties

Releasing Rainbow Trout

You must have prior permission from the Department of Fish and Game to hatch and release trout. A signed Form 772 (PDF) must be with eggs/fish at all times.

Please contact Ethan Rotman at erotman@dfg.ca.gov or (415) 892-0460 if you have any questions.

With appropriate authorization, rainbow trout fry may be released into

Trout may NOT be released into

Alameda County Lake Elizabeth Lake Temescal Lakeshore Park Quarry Lakes Shadow Cliffs Reservoir Contra Costa County Contra Loma Reservoir Lafayette Reservoir Heather Farms Pond Lake Refugio San Pablo Reservoir Marin County Bon Tempe Reservoir Lake Lagunitas Phoenix Lake Scottsdale Pond Napa County Lake Hennessey San Francisco County Lake Merced (all) Sonoma County Lake Ralphine Solano County Lake Chabot Santa Clara County Campbell Perc Ponds Lake Cunningham Sandy Wool Lake Spring Valley Pond Santa Cruz County Pinto Lake

Cottonwood Lake Lake Chabot (Alameda County) Del Valle Reservoir Don Castro Reservoir Hilltop Lake Lake Anza Lake Merritt and channel Sprig Lake Stafford Lake Vasona Lake Any body of water not specified on your Form 772 (PDF)

Releasing Steelhead Trout

Release of Steelhead Trout from Warm Springs Hatchery

Mendocino County Gibson Creek Feliz Creek Orr Creek Russian River Dooley Creek Sonoma County Atascadero Creek Big Sulphur Creek Brush Creek Dry Creek Dutch Bill Creek Fife Creek Foss Creek Green Valley or Salmon Creek Mark West Creek Matanzas Creek Mill Creek Oakmont Creek Porter Creek Santa Rosa Creek Santa Rosa Creek, upper Sausal Creek Sweetwater Creek Other Approved Waters Hobson Creek Felta Creek Porter Creek Green Valley Creek Smith Creek Willow Creek

Release of Steelhead Trout from Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Education Program

Approved Waters For Release of Steelhead obtained from Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Education Program

With appropriate authorization, steelhead trout fry obtained from Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Education Program may only be released into:

The San Lorenzo River at or above Henry Cowell State Park

Branciforte Creek by De Laveaga Park Area

updated 12/12/2011