Rainbow Trout Stocked · 61 plants · last October 2025 Best: dawn, dusk Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir fishing
Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir fishing has Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout, and Lake Trout on the stocking report. Also recorded: Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, Yellow Perch, and Black Bullhead. It is stocked about 3.2 times a year since 1997, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Yellow Perch, dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Largemouth Bass, and dawn for Lake Trout.
- Last stocked
- October 2025
- Rainbow Trout
- Plants on record
- 92
- Since 1997
- Species stocked
- 5 (+6 also recorded)
- Average size
- 9.4 in
- Elevation
- 4,350 ft
Fish at Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 61 plants · last October 2025 Best: dawn, dusk 
Brown Trout Stocked · 18 plants · last April 2023 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Brook Trout Stocked · 8 plants · last December 2016 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Cutthroat Trout Stocked · 3 plants · last October 2008 Last stocked October 2008 · avg 7.2 in · 3 plants
Cutthroat Trout species guide
Lake Trout Stocked · 2 plants · last October 2012 Best: dawn 
Largemouth Bass Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk Best: dawn, dusk
Largemouth Bass species guide
Black Crappie Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk, night Best: dawn, dusk, night
Black Crappie species guide
Channel Catfish Confirmed present Best: dusk, night Best: dusk, night
Channel Catfish species guide Green Sunfish Confirmed present
Yellow Perch Confirmed present Best: dawn, day, dusk Best: dawn, day, dusk
Yellow Perch species guide
Black Bullhead Confirmed present Best: dusk, night Best: dusk, night
Black Bullhead species guideHow Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir is stocked
Stockade Beaver Creek (31.1 mi), Medicine Lake (32.3 mi), and Keyhole Reservoir (34.1 mi) were stocked more recently. Stockade Beaver Creek is also stocked with Brown Trout and Medicine Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, and Cutthroat Trout.
Fish stocked in 1997
1,440
Fish stocked in 1998
2,498
Fish stocked in 1999
3,625
Fish stocked in 2000
2,504
Fish stocked in 2001
3,815
Fish stocked in 2002
2,310
Fish stocked in 2003
4,025
Fish stocked in 2004
2,511
Fish stocked in 2005
2,733
Fish stocked in 2006
2,520
Fish stocked in 2007
3,538
Fish stocked in 2008
2,296
Fish stocked in 2009
4,380
Fish stocked in 2010
3,823
Fish stocked in 2011
3,862
Fish stocked in 2012
3,619
Fish stocked in 2013
3,919
Fish stocked in 2014
2,200
Fish stocked in 2015
3,708
Fish stocked in 2016
2,451
Fish stocked in 2017
3,582
Fish stocked in 2018
2,284
Fish stocked in 2019
3,191
Fish stocked in 2020
2,100
Fish stocked in 2021
3,871
Fish stocked in 2022
2,503
Fish stocked in 2023
3,829
Fish stocked in 2024
808
Fish stocked in 2025
824
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Rainbow Trout | 824 | 8.7 in | report |
| October 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 808 | 8.3 in | report |
| October 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 880 | 7.4 in | report |
| May 2023 | Rainbow Trout | 1,700 | 7.6 in | report |
| April 2023 | Brown Trout | 1,249 | 6.6 in | report |
| October 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 801 | 7.9 in | report |
| March 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 1,702 | 7.5 in | report |
| October 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 882 | 8.7 in | report |
| March 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 1,858 | 7.5 in | report |
| March 2021 | Brown Trout | 1,131 | 6.2 in | report |
| October 2020 | Rainbow Trout | 400 | 9.5 in | report |
| April 2020 | Rainbow Trout | 1,700 | 7.4 in | report |
| October 2019 | Rainbow Trout | 360 | 8.8 in | report |
| March 2019 | Rainbow Trout | 1,706 | 7.7 in | report |
| March 2019 | Brown Trout | 1,125 | 5.8 in | report |
| October 2018 | Rainbow Trout | 399 | 8.9 in | report |
| April 2018 | Rainbow Trout | 1,700 | 7.4 in | report |
| January 2018 | Brown Trout | 185 | 15.3 in | report |
| October 2017 | Rainbow Trout | 800 | 9 in | report |
| April 2017 | Brown Trout | 1,250 | 6.8 in | report |
| March 2017 | Rainbow Trout | 1,532 | 7.3 in | report |
| December 2016 | Brook Trout | 411 | 14.8 in | report |
| October 2016 | Rainbow Trout | 440 | 9.8 in | report |
| May 2016 | Rainbow Trout | 1,600 | 7.8 in | report |
| October 2015 | Rainbow Trout | 808 | 9.1 in | report |
| April 2015 | Rainbow Trout | 1,700 | 8 in | report |
| March 2015 | Brown Trout | 1,200 | 7 in | report |
| December 2014 | Brook Trout | 500 | 13.6 in | report |
| May 2014 | Rainbow Trout | 1,500 | 8.7 in | report |
| May 2014 | Rainbow Trout | 200 | 18 in | report |
| December 2013 | Brook Trout | 800 | 13.7 in | report |
| May 2013 | Rainbow Trout | 1,531 | 8 in | report |
| April 2013 | Brown Trout | 1,250 | 7.2 in | report |
| January 2013 | Brown Trout | 338 | 12.8 in | report |
| December 2012 | Brown Trout | 100 | 12.8 in | report |
| December 2012 | Brook Trout | 350 | 11.4 in | report |
| November 2012 | Brown Trout | 200 | 12.8 in | report |
| November 2012 | Brook Trout | 100 | 13.8 in | report |
| October 2012 | Lake Trout | 383 | 15.5 in | report |
| October 2012 | Rainbow Trout | 870 | 9.5 in | report |
| April 2012 | Rainbow Trout | 1,616 | 8.5 in | report |
| December 2011 | Lake Trout | 100 | 25.6 in | report |
| December 2011 | Brook Trout | 174 | 13.4 in | report |
| September 2011 | Rainbow Trout | 720 | 10.7 in | report |
| May 2011 | Rainbow Trout | 1,617 | 9.1 in | report |
| May 2011 | Brown Trout | 1,251 | 6.5 in | report |
| November 2010 | Brook Trout | 300 | 13.2 in | report |
| October 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 800 | 8.5 in | report |
| May 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 850 | 11.3 in | report |
| April 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 1,538 | 9 in | report |
| April 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 335 | 15.6 in | report |
| December 2009 | Brook Trout | 278 | 16.6 in | report |
| October 2009 | Rainbow Trout | 1,254 | 9.5 in | report |
| May 2009 | Rainbow Trout | 1,500 | 8.5 in | report |
| May 2009 | Brown Trout | 1,348 | 7.7 in | report |
| October 2008 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,164 | 7.8 in | report |
| June 2008 | Rainbow Trout | 572 | 8.2 in | report |
| April 2008 | Rainbow Trout | 560 | 7.1 in | report |
| October 2007 | Rainbow Trout | 680 | 9 in | report |
| May 2007 | Rainbow Trout | 1,560 | 8 in | report |
| May 2007 | Brown Trout | 1,298 | 6.1 in | report |
| May 2006 | Cutthroat Trout | 2,520 | 8.8 in | report |
| September 2005 | Rainbow Trout | 501 | 9.6 in | report |
| June 2005 | Rainbow Trout | 494 | 8.7 in | report |
| May 2005 | Rainbow Trout | 492 | 8.5 in | report |
| May 2005 | Brown Trout | 1,246 | 7.2 in | report |
| May 2004 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,260 | 5.1 in | report |
| May 2004 | Rainbow Trout | 623 | 8.8 in | report |
| April 2004 | Rainbow Trout | 628 | 8.3 in | report |
| September 2003 | Rainbow Trout | 250 | 10.6 in | report |
| June 2003 | Rainbow Trout | 858 | 9.1 in | report |
| May 2003 | Rainbow Trout | 1,159 | 8.7 in | report |
| April 2003 | Rainbow Trout | 500 | 8.6 in | report |
| April 2003 | Brown Trout | 1,258 | 7 in | report |
| June 2002 | Rainbow Trout | 298 | 9.1 in | report |
| May 2002 | Rainbow Trout | 1,002 | 9 in | report |
| April 2002 | Rainbow Trout | 500 | 8.4 in | report |
| April 2002 | Rainbow Trout | 510 | 11.8 in | report |
| October 2001 | Rainbow Trout | 438 | 11.1 in | report |
| June 2001 | Rainbow Trout | 500 | 9.2 in | report |
| May 2001 | Rainbow Trout | 1,000 | 8.9 in | report |
| May 2001 | Brown Trout | 1,376 | 5.4 in | report |
| April 2001 | Rainbow Trout | 501 | 8.8 in | report |
| May 2000 | Rainbow Trout | 1,254 | 8.7 in | report |
| April 2000 | Rainbow Trout | 626 | 9 in | report |
| March 2000 | Rainbow Trout | 624 | 9.4 in | report |
| May 1999 | Rainbow Trout | 1,240 | 8.3 in | report |
| April 1999 | Rainbow Trout | 1,260 | 8.2 in | report |
| April 1999 | Brown Trout | 1,125 | 6.3 in | report |
| May 1998 | Rainbow Trout | 1,364 | 8.7 in | report |
| April 1998 | Rainbow Trout | 1,134 | 8.6 in | report |
| September 1997 | Brown Trout | 1,440 | 4.4 in | report |
Access and facts
- Nearest town
- Osage, WY
- Facilities
- dock
Called Osage Pond. Game and Fish public access area 1 mile south of Osage off Highway 16, about 12 miles north of Newcastle. Gravel parking, a primitive boat ramp, a float dock, and fishing piers put in in 2020. Public access runs 25 feet above the high-water line.
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Common questions
What fish are at Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir?
Fishing Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 61 of 92 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and 3 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked October 2025, averaging 9 in. Brown Trout was last stocked April 2023, averaging 8 in. Brook Trout was last stocked December 2016, averaging 13.8 in. Cutthroat Trout was last stocked October 2008, averaging 7.2 in. 1 more species is on the stocking report. Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, and Green Sunfish, plus 2 more are recorded here outside the stocking reports.
When is Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir stocked?
Last stocked October 2025. It is stocked about 3.2 times a year since 1997, most often in April and May.
How big are the fish stocked at Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir?
Stocked fish average 9.4 in. Rainbow Trout average 9 in. Brown Trout average 8 in. Brook Trout average 13.8 in. Cutthroat Trout average 7.2 in.
How do you get on Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir?
The nearest town is Osage, WY. Facilities include dock. Called Osage Pond. Game and Fish public access area 1 mile south of Osage off Highway 16, about 12 miles north of Newcastle. Gravel parking, a primitive boat ramp, a float dock, and fishing piers put in in 2020. Public access runs 25 feet above the high-water line.
Which lakes near Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir were stocked more recently?
Stockade Beaver Creek (31.1 mi), Medicine Lake (32.3 mi), and Keyhole Reservoir (34.1 mi) were stocked more recently. Stockade Beaver Creek is also stocked with Brown Trout and Medicine Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, and Cutthroat Trout.