Licensing and Permits
Need a stocking permit?
Note: Customers are responsible for obtaining any state permits required to stock fish in their pond or lake. Click here to view regulations from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife site.
In general, stocking permits are NOT needed in 37 counties in California to stock the following species that we raise: channel catfish, largemouth bass, bluegill and redeared sunfish. The counties where stocking permits are not required are Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Imperial, Kern (except in the Kern River drainage above Democrat Dam), Kings, Lake (except in the Eel River drainage), Merced, Los Angeles, Napa, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Ventura, Yolo and Yuba. PLUS, the following counties west of Highway 49: Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa and Placer. ALSO, Fresno, Madera and Tulare counties west of the national park and national forest boundaries.
You can obtain an application for private stocking by clicking here. We can help you fill out the application if you choose to go this route. Email us and we can fill out our information on the application and send it back to you. We can also set up a time to go over it with you on the phone.