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Fish Planting Schedules

Graphic of California color coded by region with outlined counties. Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Region 5 Region 3 Region 6

All plants are subject to change depending on road, water and weather conditions. If conditions permit, the listed lakes, reservoirs and ponds, will be restocked with catchable-size trout from DFG hatcheries.

Specific dates are not given so that fishing activity will not be focused right after the time of the plant.

Region 1 - Northern Region
Serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties

Region 2 - North Central Region
Serving Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties

Region 3 - Bay Delta Region
Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties. Portions of Sacramento, San Joaquin and Yolo counties that are south of I-80 and west of I-5 are in Region 3

Region 4 - Central Region
Serving Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanlislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties

Region 5 - South Coast Region
Serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties

Region 6 - Inland Deserts Region
Serving Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino counties