Skinner Lake

Fishing and stocking

Trout water, stocked 3 times in 2026, monthly January through March. A 1,038-acre reservoir, and one of 4 stocked waters on the Riverside County record.

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last stocked Mar 8 229 days ago

best window 9:53-11:53 pm solunar major today

3 stockings 2026

1,038 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
Jan 25wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Feb 15wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Mar 8wk	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Skinner Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:30-11:30 am and 9:53-11:53 pm	3:49-4:49 am and 4:03-5:03 pm
Tomorrow	10:16 am-12:16 pm and 10:41 pm-12:41 am	4:52-5:52 am and 4:32-5:32 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 Mar 8

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)

Slip bobber and jig	1/32 oz marabou jig or waxworm suspended at cruising depth
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

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
Little Lake	12 mi	Mar 1
Doane Pond	19 mi	Oct 4
Lake Hemet	21 mi	Oct 4
Lake Fulmor	22 mi	Oct 4
Lake Wohlford	29 mi	Mar 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.