Halsey Forebay

Fishing and stocking

Stocked January to September in 2026, heaviest in September: trout, 7 plants in all. A 18-acre reservoir.

Placer County · California · see it on the national map

last stocked Sep 27 26 days ago

best window 10:09 pm-12:09 am solunar major today

7 stockings 2026

18 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 7 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Jan 25wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Feb 8wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Mar 22wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jun 21wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jul 26wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Sep 20wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Sep 27wk	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Halsey Forebay

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:47-11:47 am and 10:09 pm-12:09 am	4:06-5:06 am and 4:17-5:17 pm
Tomorrow	10:33 am-12:33 pm and 10:57 pm-12:57 am	5:13-6:13 am and 4:42-5:42 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

Stocked 26 days ago (Sep 27)

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · California fishing forecast

Gear for this water

The last plant has had time to disperse; work outward from the obvious spots.

For the trout (trout stocked 7 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Ultralight spinning rod	6 to 7 ft ultralight, 4 lb line; long casts from the bank
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

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
Sugar Pine Reservoir	17 mi	Feb 1
Finnon Reservoir	20 mi	Feb 8
Scotts Flat Reservoir	22 mi	Apr 26
Mather Lake	31 mi	Mar 1
Jenkinson Lake	31 mi	Feb 1

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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.