Paradise Reservoir

Fishing and stocking

Trout water, stocked once in 2026. A 214-acre lake.

Butte County · California · see it on the national map

last stocked Feb 22 243 days ago

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

1 stocking 2026

214 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
Feb 22wk	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Paradise Reservoir

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:49-11:49 am and 10:12 pm-12:12 am	4:08-5:08 am and 4:19-5:19 pm
Tomorrow	10:35 am-12:35 pm and 10:59 pm-12:59 am	5:16-6:16 am and 4:43-5:43 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 22

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 1 time 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
Bucks Lake	22 mi	Jul 26
Little Grass Valley Reservoir	33 mi	Apr 26
Spanish Creek	34 mi	Jun 7
Lake Almanor	36 mi	May 31
Round Valley Reservoir	37 mi	May 31

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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.