Platoro Reservoir

Fishing and stocking

Trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in August. A 423-acre reservoir.

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last stocked Aug 14 70 days ago

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

1 stocking 2026

423 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
Aug 14wk	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Platoro 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	5:11-6:11 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

Last stocked Aug 14

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Colorado 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)

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	17 mi	Aug 7
Beaver Creek Reservoir	18 mi	Sep 25
Big Meadows Reservoir	19 mi	Sep 25
Lagunitas Lakes NM	34 mi	Jul 21
Brazos Lodge Pond NM	42 mi	May 29

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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.