Regional Parks is excited to welcome back the one-day trout derby at Prado Regional Park on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gates open at 6:30 a.m. and pre-paid derby fees are encouraged. Derby fees are $20 per person and $15 per vehicle. A fishing license is required for all participants ages 16 years and older.
To pre-pay the derby fees, visit https://bit.ly/3XgaY7Q or click on the button below.
PRADO LAKE CLOSURE FOR DERBY STOCKING
For the derby, 1,660 lbs. of trout, including lightning trout, will be stocked on Friday, Jan. 9. Due to the derby stocking, the lakes will be closed to the public for fishing on Friday, Jan. 9, and will reopen for fishing after the derby ends at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10.
Derby cash prizes will be awarded for:
• First place: $1,000
• Second place: $500
• Third place: $250
Participants will receive a wristband and packet with derby entry forms and rules. The derby is rain or shine, and no refunds will be given.
Regional Parks will have a weigh-in station available and encourages participants to allow plenty of time to weigh and enter their fish prior to the 1 p.m. cut-off time. Winners do not need to be present to claim their prize(s). Winners will be announced at approximately 1:15 p.m. at the Regional Parks weigh-in station area.
A food truck will be onsite to purchase food.
PREPAY DERBY FEES & PARK ADMISSION
Get ahead of the crowd and prepay. Prepaid entry is located off Johnson and Pine Avenues, east of Euclid Avenue near the equestrian center.
Fees are $20 per person and $15 per vehicle. A fishing license is required for all participants ages 16 years and older.
DERBY STOCKING
For the derby, 1,660 lbs. of trout will be stocked on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Due to the derby, the lakes will be closed on stocking day.
There will be no public fishing while the lakes are closed for the derby from Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, through Saturday afternoon, Jan. 10, 2026, at 1 p.m.
TROUT DERBY FORMS
View or download derby entry form, waiver, rules and park map.