Trout stocked this week
- West Virginia: 3 waters stocked Monday, Oct 26
Coopers Rock Lake, Tygart Lake (Tailwaters), West Fork of Greenbrier River. 35 waters stocked in the past 7 days.
- Virginia: 4 waters stocked Monday, Oct 26
Big Brumley Creek, Big Tumbling Creek, Braley Pond, North River (Tail). 24 waters stocked in the past 7 days.
- Pennsylvania: 1 water on the schedule Friday, Oct 23
Dutch Fork Lake. 18 waters scheduled in the past 7 days.
Lakes making news
- Great Salt Lake, UT: near its record low
4,189.80 ft, 5.3 ft below normal, 1.30 ft above its lowest since 1847 (Nov 7, 2022). Read Oct 26, 1:45 PM MDT.
Near record low - Kerr Lake, VA: near its record low
288.01 ft, 12.0 ft below full pool, 10.2 ft below normal, 0.28 ft above its lowest since 2005 (Oct 11, 2026). Read Oct 26, 3:00 PM EDT.
Near record low - Lake Mead, NV: near its record low
1,038.03 ft, 191.0 ft below full pool, 78.0 ft below normal, 0.87 ft above its lowest since 1938 (Oct 22, 2026). Daily reading for Oct 25.
Near record low - Lake Powell, UT rose 1.10 ft in a day
3,526.10 ft, daily reading for Oct 24; 3,525.00 ft on Oct 23.
Far below normal
Lake levels: USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, TWDB, USGS and CDEC. Stocking: WV DNR, VA DWR and PFBC. Sources and methods.
The 32 lakes and three trout states
Each mark links to that lake. Outlined states link to their trout stocking pages. State outlines: Natural Earth.
Trout stocking
Brook trout illustration: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain.
Lake levels
Percent full where we have a capacity figure; lakes above full pool show how far above it they are, and lakes without a capacity figure show today's level and how it compares with normal. All 32 lakes, ranked · Texas · Oklahoma · California