Jenkinson Lake

Fishing and stocking

Trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread January to February. A 565-acre reservoir, and the most-stocked water on the El Dorado County record for 2026.

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last stocked Feb 1 264 days ago

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

2 stockings 2026

565 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Jan 25wk	Trout	catchable		completed
Feb 1wk	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Jenkinson Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:45-11:45 am and 10:07 pm-12:07 am	4:03-5:03 am and 4:15-5:15 pm
Tomorrow	10:31 am-12:31 pm and 10:55 pm-12:55 am	5:11-6:11 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

Last stocked Feb 1

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 2 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
Finnon Reservoir	12 mi	Feb 8
Dark Lake	19 mi	Jun 14
Wrights Lake	19 mi	Aug 2
Silver Lake	24 mi	Oct 18
Caples Lake	28 mi	Oct 18

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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.