Lake Alpine

Fishing and stocking

Trout water; 3 stockings on the 2026 record, monthly May through July. A 176-acre reservoir, and one of 5 stocked waters on the Alpine County record.

Alpine County · California · see it on the national map

last stocked Jul 19 96 days ago

best window 10:05 pm-12:05 am solunar major today

3 stockings 2026

176 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 3 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
May 24wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jun 7wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jul 19wk	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Lake Alpine

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:42-11:42 am and 10:05 pm-12:05 am	4:01-5:01 am and 4:13-5:13 pm
Tomorrow	10:28 am-12:28 pm and 10:53 pm-12:53 am	5:08-6:08 am and 4:39-5:39 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 Jul 19

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 3 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
Silver Lake	14 mi	Oct 18
Red Lake	15 mi	May 31
Caples Lake	16 mi	Oct 18
Herring Creek	19 mi	Jul 5
Pinecrest Lake	19 mi	Aug 30

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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.