Beach Pond

Fishing and stocking

Trout water, stocked 2 times in 2026, spread March to October. A 348-acre reservoir, and one of 35 stocked waters on the New London County record.

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last stocked Oct 8 15 days ago

best window 9:46-11:46 pm solunar major today

2 stockings 2026

348 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Mar 6	Trout	catchable		completed
Oct 8	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Beach Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:23-11:23 am and 9:46-11:46 pm	3:39-4:39 am and 3:56-4:56 pm
Tomorrow	10:09 am-12:09 pm and 10:33 pm-12:33 am	4:49-5:49 am and 4:19-5:19 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% 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 Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked 15 days ago (Oct 8)

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Connecticut fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

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
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth

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
Beach Pond RI	0.9 mi	May 14
Pachaug River	2.7 mi	May 7
Green Falls Reservoir	3.3 mi	Apr 20
Myron Kinney Brook	3.9 mi	May 13
Mount Misery Brook	4.4 mi	May 13

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