Atascadero Lake

Fishing and stocking

Trout water; 4 stockings on the 2026 record, monthly January through March, heaviest in January. A 27-acre reservoir.

San Luis Obispo County · California · see it on the national map

last stocked Mar 22 215 days ago

best window 10:08 pm-12:08 am solunar major today

4 stockings 2026

27 acres (NHD)

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Jan 4wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jan 25wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Feb 8wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Mar 22wk	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Atascadero Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:45-11:45 am and 10:08 pm-12:08 am	4:04-5:04 am and 4:17-5:17 pm
Tomorrow	10:31 am-12:31 pm and 10:56 pm-12:56 am	5:09-6:09 am and 4:45-5:45 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Pacific Time (PDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Mar 22

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · California fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (trout stocked 4 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Lopez Lake	22 mi	Mar 8
Lake San Antonio	27 mi	Feb 8
Reyes Creek	92 mi	Aug 9
El Estero Lake	104 mi	Mar 15
Avocado Lake	115 mi	Mar 29

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Records from California Department of Fish and Wildlife (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: California fishing regulations.