Beaver Creek Reservoir

Fishing and stocking

Stocked August to September in 2026, heaviest in August: trout, 4 plants in all. A 63-acre reservoir.

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last stocked Sep 25 28 days ago

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

4 stockings 2026

63 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Aug 7wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Aug 14wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Aug 21wk	Trout	catchable	completed
Sep 25wk	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Beaver Creek Reservoir

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:47-11:47 am and 10:10 pm-12:10 am	4:05-5:05 am and 4:19-5:19 pm
Tomorrow	10:33 am-12:33 pm and 10:57 pm-12:57 am	5:12-6:12 am and 4:45-5:45 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 Mountain Time (MDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked 28 days ago (Sep 25)

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Colorado 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 4 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
Pass Creek Pond	7.9 mi	Aug 7
Big Meadows Reservoir	8.5 mi	Sep 25
Platoro Reservoir	18 mi	Aug 14
Rio Grande Reservoir	36 mi	Aug 14
Vallecito Reservoir	51 mi	Aug 14

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Records from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Colorado fishing regulations.