Last stocked
September 24, 2025
Plants on record
11
Since 2012
Species recorded
1
Average size
4.8 in
Elevation
3,999.9 ft
How Ross Reservoir is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of August. In 2025 it was September 24, 2025, later than usual.
No plants recorded in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
Cow Creek Reservoir (15.5 mi) was stocked more recently.
Fish at Ross Reservoir
Fishing Ross Reservoir is most likely to be for Cutthroat Trout. All 11 plants on record are Cutthroat Trout.
Around the dates Ross Reservoir is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 67.1°F in August, 58.5°F in September, 69°F in July, 51.3°F in May. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo
Cutthroat Trout 11 plants
- Plants
- 11 of 11
- Last stocked
- September 24, 2025
- Average length
- 4.8 in
Fish stocked per year
- 1,5002012
- 1,5002014
- 1,7502016
- 2,0002018
- 2,2002020
- 2,2102021
- 2,0002022
- 2,0002023
- 8352024
- 5,2392025
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2025 | Cutthroat Trout | 5,239 | 4.27 in | report |
| September 25, 2024 | Cutthroat Trout | 835 | 4.17 in | report |
| August 29, 2023 | Cutthroat Trout | 2,000 | 2.97 in | report |
| August 8, 2022 | Cutthroat Trout | 2,000 | 2.74 in | report |
| August 6, 2021 | Cutthroat Trout | 2,210 | 3.01 in | report |
| July 28, 2020 | Cutthroat Trout | 2,200 | 2.83 in | report |
| August 7, 2018 | Cutthroat Trout | 2,000 | 2.33 in | report |
| July 18, 2016 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,750 | 7.7 in | report |
| September 3, 2014 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,000 | 3 in | report |
| September 3, 2014 | Cutthroat Trout | 500 | 12 in | report |
| May 14, 2012 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,500 | 7.4 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.