Packer Lake

Fishing and stocking

Trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread July to October. A 11-acre lake.

Sierra County · California · see it on the national map

last stocked Jul 12 103 days ago

next Oct 25 announced

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

2 stockings 2026

11 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
Jul 12wk	Trout	catchable		completed
Oct 25wk	Trout	catchable		scheduled

When to fish Packer 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 4:15-5:15 pm
Tomorrow	10:31 am-12:31 pm and 10:56 pm-12:56 am	5:12-6:12 am and 4:40-5:40 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 12
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 2 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
Gold Lake	3.8 mi	Aug 23
Weaver Lake	11 mi	Jun 7
Fuller Lake	19 mi	Sep 20
Little Grass Valley Reservoir	19 mi	Apr 26
Lake Davis	21 mi	Jul 12

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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.