Ridgway Reservoir

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in September. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked Sep 25 28 days ago

best window 10:14 pm-12:14 am solunar major today

Water right now 6859.04 ft elevation USGS gauge 09147022 (RIDGWAY RESERVOIR NEAR RIDGWAY, CO) · read 6:15 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

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
Sep 25wk	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Ridgway Reservoir

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:52-11:52 am and 10:14 pm-12:14 am	4:10-5:10 am and 4:23-5:23 pm
Tomorrow	10:38 am-12:38 pm	5:17-6:17 am and 4:49-5:49 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 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
Pericles Pond	2.7 mi	Sep 25
Shavano Pond	2.7 mi	Sep 25
Rio Grande Reservoir	41 mi	Aug 14
Gunnison Pond	48 mi	Aug 14
Pac-Man Lake	50 mi	Aug 14

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