Don Pedro Reservoir

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water, stocked once in 2026. A 10,980-acre reservoir, and one of 4 stocked waters on the Tuolumne County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Tuolumne County · California · see it on the national map

next Oct 25 announced

best window 10:07 pm-12:07 am solunar major today

Water right now 782.64 ft elevation USGS gauge 11287500 (DON PEDRO RES NR LA GRANGE CA) · read 6:00 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

10,980 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Oct 25wk	Trout	catchable		scheduled

When to fish Don Pedro Reservoir

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:44-11:44 am and 10:07 pm-12:07 am	4:03-5:03 am and 4:15-5:15 pm
Tomorrow	10:30 am-12:30 pm and 10:54 pm-12:54 am	5:10-6:10 am and 4:41-5:41 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

Next announced stocking Oct 25

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · California fishing forecast

Gear for this water

A plant is on the schedule. Fresh stockers hold near the access points for the first week or two and eat what the hatchery taught them to eat.

For the trout (trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, stillwater)

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
Slip bobber and jig	1/32 oz marabou jig or waxworm suspended at cruising depth

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
Modesto Reservoir	15 mi	Oct 18
Angels Creek	21 mi	Aug 16
Yosemite Lake	23 mi	Oct 18
Woodward Reservoir	27 mi	Oct 18
Lyons Reservoir	30 mi	Aug 16

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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.