Last stocked
August 28, 2025
Plants on record
8
Since 2021
Species recorded
2
Average size
1.6 in
Elevation
2,224.6 ft
How Paulo Reservoir is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the fourth week of August. In 2025 it was August 26, 2025, about when it usually is.
No plants recorded in 2022.
Home Run Pond (11.6 mi) and Fort Peck Trout Pond (21.4 mi) were stocked more recently.
Fish at Paulo Reservoir
Fishing Paulo Reservoir is as likely to be for Bluegill and Largemouth Bass. Each accounts for 4 of 8 plants on record.
Around the dates Paulo Reservoir is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 72.4°F in August, 62.1°F in September, 45.7°F in October. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo
Bluegill 4 plants
- Plants
- 4 of 8
- Last stocked
- August 28, 2025
- Average length
- 1.2 in
Largemouth Bass 4 plants
- Plants
- 4 of 8
- Last stocked
- August 26, 2025
- Average length
- 2.1 in
Fish stocked per year
- 4,2002021
- 4,5002023
- 5,0002024
- 4,5002025
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2025 | Bluegill | 4,000 | 1.78 in | report |
| August 26, 2025 | Largemouth Bass | 500 | 1.84 in | report |
| October 1, 2024 | Bluegill | 4,000 | 1.32 in | report |
| August 21, 2024 | Largemouth Bass | 1,000 | 1.5 in | report |
| August 2, 2023 | Largemouth Bass | 500 | 1.67 in | report |
| August 2, 2023 | Bluegill | 4,000 | 0.97 in | report |
| September 21, 2021 | Largemouth Bass | 500 | 3.23 in | report |
| September 21, 2021 | Bluegill | 3,700 | 0.72 in | report |
Species stocked here
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.