Mississippi Trout Stocking Report 2026

Every sentence here comes from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP), and each section names its sources. Updated .

MDWFP stocks rainbow trout once each winter into the bank-fishing pond at Lake Lamar Bruce, a state fishing lake near Saltillo in Lee County. In December 2023 MDWFP called it the only public water in Mississippi with rainbow trout fishing. Trout are not native to Mississippi and MDWFP's hatcheries do not raise them. The stocked fish come from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery.

From MDWFP: Rainbow Trout Stocked in Pond at Lake Lamar Bruce (December 6, 2023; archived copy), MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce and MDWFP: Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery.

The MDWFP trout stocking report

MDWFP's page for the lake: its trout limit, its permit fees, its phone number and a fishing report that in February 2025 was following the trout bite in the pond.

Open the Lake Lamar Bruce page

From MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce and MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce fishing report (archived February 21, 2025).

When Mississippi stocks trout

One winter stocking, in December or January

The trout go in once a winter, in December or January: more than 600 on January 10, 2018, more than 700 on December 6, 2018, and 700 on December 16, 2020. MDWFP announced its most recent reported stocking, 700 fish, on December 6, 2023. Trout bite readily in the cold months, and the fishing lasts through the winter: in February 2025 trout were still being caught in the pond, with the bite expected to slow in the weeks after.

From MDWFP: Rainbow Trout Are Back (January 18, 2018; archived copy), MDWFP: Rainbow Trout Stocked at Lake Lamar Bruce (December 7, 2018; archived copy), MDWFP: Rainbow trout stocked at Lake Lamar Bruce (December 21, 2020; archived copy), MDWFP: Rainbow Trout Stocked in Pond at Lake Lamar Bruce (December 6, 2023; archived copy) and MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce fishing report (archived February 21, 2025).

Rules on stocked water

  • Residents 16 to 64 need a fishing license, and residents 65 and older must carry proof of their exemption. For residents, freshwater fishing comes with the $10 Small Game Hunting/Freshwater Fishing license, or $3 for three days. Nonresidents 16 and older pay $68 a year, $30 for three days or $10 for a day. Agent and processing fees are added to each.
  • The pond is on a state fishing lake, so anglers also need a state lake permit: $5 a day to fish without launching a boat, or $55 a year from ages 16 to 61. Anglers under 16 fish free.
  • The limit is 3 rainbow trout a day with no length limit, set for Lake Lamar Bruce in the state's creel rule.

From MDWFP: Fishing License Requirements, MDWFP: Hunting & Fishing License Prices, MDWFP: Rainbow Trout Stocked in Pond at Lake Lamar Bruce (December 6, 2023; archived copy), MDWFP: State Fishing Lake Permit Fees, MDWFP: Title 40, Part 3, Rule 1.4, Statewide Creel Limits (PDF) and MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce.

How to hear about a stocking

  • MDWFP has announced the stocking in a news release in past winters. To check on this winter, call the Lake Lamar Bruce office at (662) 869-2009.

From MDWFP: Rainbow trout stocked at Lake Lamar Bruce (December 21, 2020; archived copy) and MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce.

Worth knowing before you go looking

  • Lake Lamar Bruce allows rod and reel or pole fishing only, and no fishing from the courtesy piers by the boat ramp.

From MDWFP: Lake Lamar Bruce.

Which day to fish it

The schedule says where the fish went in. Which day to go is a different question: the forecast scores each day of the week for trout at the water you pick, from its water temperature, the wind and the weather.

See the week for rainbow trout

Species guides: Rainbow Trout

Sources

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