Tims Pond

The hatchery truck comes to Tims Pond often: 9 release dates in 2025, in 6 different months, about 993 fish each time. The first came on Mar 31, 2025, the last on Oct 17, 2025.

WDFW data through Oct 30, 2026. Page updated November 5, 2026.

Tims Pond in numbers

catchable trout in 2025: 8,937
so far in 2026, through Oct 30: 9,039
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 6,422 a year: +39%

2026 is running close to 2025: 9,039 fish through Oct 30, against 8,937 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 60 rainbow trout, went in on Oct 22, 2026, 14 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists Tims Pond as 2.9 acres in Yakima County, at 1,658 ft. Its 2025 stocking came to about 3,082 catchable trout per acre, 6th of the 37 waters on this site with a WDFW acreage.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

18 species-date records, newest first. Fish per lb is the figure WDFW reports for each batch.

Latest batch, Oct 22, 202660rainbow trout, 5.0 lb each

Autumn 2026

Oct 22Rainbow trout600.2 per lb · avg 5.0 lb

Summer 2026

Aug 31Rainbow trout1,0001.6 per lb · avg 10 oz

Jun 3Rainbow trout1,3112.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Spring 2026

May 27Rainbow trout1,2482.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

May 19Rainbow trout9602.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

May 11Rainbow trout1,0802.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Apr 27Rainbow trout1,0802.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Apr 13Rainbow trout1,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 30Rainbow trout1,3001.7 per lb · avg 9 oz

Autumn 2025

Oct 17Rainbow trout500.2 per lb · avg 5.0 lb

Sep 2Rainbow trout1,0201.7 per lb · avg 9 oz

Summer 2025

Jun 10Rainbow trout1,2362.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Jun 4Rainbow trout1,4001.6 per lb · avg 10 oz

Spring 2025

May 28Rainbow trout1,0082.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

May 12Rainbow trout9602.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Apr 28Rainbow trout1,0082.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Apr 14Rainbow trout1,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 31Rainbow trout1,2551.7 per lb · avg 9 oz

2015 – 2026

Fish released each year

2025 is yellow. 2026 is outlined because the year is not over: the data runs to Oct 30, 2026. The busiest full year was 2024, with 9 release dates and 9,807 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 7.0 release dates a year.

2015: 2,012 catchable fish on 3 release dates
2016: 2,129 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2017: 3,423 catchable fish on 6 release dates
2018: 4,977 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2019: 5,742 catchable fish on 7 release dates
2020: 7,456 catchable fish on 7 release dates
2021: 9,503 catchable fish on 8 release dates
2022: 8,420 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2023: 8,237 catchable fish on 9 release dates
10k2024: 9,807 catchable fish on 9 release dates
9k2025: 8,937 catchable fish on 9 release dates
9k2026 (to Oct 30): 9,039 catchable fish on 9 release dates

How big are these fish?

4 to 8 oz: 11,891 fish, 66%
8 to 16 oz: 5,975 fish, 33%
2 lb and over: 110 fish, 1%

Weight is 1 ÷ fish per lb, as WDFW reports it for each batch. It is a batch average, not a guarantee for any one fish. Counts cover every release since January 2025.

Notes from the records

The biggest single batch since January 2025 was 1,400 rainbow trout on Jun 4, 2025. The heaviest fish were 60 rainbow trout on Oct 22, 2026, at 0.2 per lb, about 5.0 lb each.

Timing shifts from year to year. Treat this as a pattern, not a promise.