The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will be stocking or have stocked several area lakes with trout this month.
Stocking trout provides anglers with fishing throughout the fall and winter months.
The trout stocking schedule and amount of trout stocked for October is as follows:
Oct. 15 – Lake Ogallala, 4,000; Oct. 16 – Windmill SRA No. 2, Gibbon, 600; Fort Kearny SRA No. 6, 1,200; Oct. 21 – Such’s Lake, Grand Island, 1,300; Heartwell Park, Hastings, 900; Barnett Park Lake North, McCook, 300; Melham Park Lake, Broken Bow, 1,500; Plum Creek Park Lake, Lexington, 750;Oct. 22 – Ansley City Lake, 1,500; Lake Ogallala, 2,500; Oct. 23 – Birdwood Lake, North Platte, 4,000; Curtis Golf Course Pond, 150