J T Budd Pond

Fishing and stocking

Bluegill and redear sunfish water, stocked through the 2024-25 season program; 22,548 fish in the published allocation. A 15-acre reservoir.

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program 2024-25 season

best window 10:39 pm-12:39 am solunar major today

2 species

22,548 fish allocated

15 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Bluegill 1 allocation

Redear sunfish 1 allocation

Season program record

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Florida season shape statewide: year round, reported by fiscal year.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2024-25 season	Bluegill		6,048
2024-25 season	Redear sunfish		16,500

When to fish J T Budd Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:16 am-12:16 pm and 10:39 pm-12:39 am	4:33-5:33 am and 4:51-5:51 pm
Tomorrow	11:02 am-1:02 pm	5:35-6:35 am and 5:22-6:22 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 through the 2024-25 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the panfish (bluegill on the season program here, stillwater)

Small tubes and grubs	1 to 2 inch plastics for crappie around brush
Long telescoping pole	reach the pockets without spooking the school
Ultralight rod and small jigs	1/32 to 1/64 oz jigs under a float; 2 to 4 lb line

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 Talquin	2.9 mi	2024-25 season
Lake Jackson	12 mi	2024-25 season
Piney Z Lake	20 mi	2024-25 season
Chattahoochee River (WMA) GA	25 mi	Sep 25
Lake Seminole	28 mi	2024-25 season

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