South Lake

Fishing and stocking

Trout water, stocked 6 times in 2026, monthly May through August. A 176-acre reservoir, and one of 13 stocked waters on the Inyo County record.

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last stocked Aug 30 54 days ago

best window 9:59-11:59 pm solunar major today

6 stockings 2026

176 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 6 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
May 10wk	Trout	catchable	completed
May 24wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jun 7wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jun 21wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Jul 12wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Aug 30wk	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish South Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:36-11:36 am and 9:59-11:59 pm	3:55-4:55 am and 4:08-5:08 pm
Tomorrow	10:22 am-12:22 pm and 10:47 pm-12:47 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:34-5:34 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 Aug 30

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · California fishing forecast

Gear for this water

The last plant has had time to disperse; work outward from the obvious spots.

For the trout (trout stocked 6 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
Lake Sabrina	3.9 mi	Sep 20
North Lake	5.2 mi	Jul 12
Baker Creek	15 mi	Sep 27
Big Pine Creek	17 mi	Sep 27
Pleasant Valley Reservoir	18 mi	Jun 21

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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.