Lake Apopka

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2024-25 season program: largemouth bass; 1,400 fish in the published allocation. One of 17 stocked waters on the Orange County record.

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program 2024-25 season

best window 10:27 pm-12:27 am solunar major today

1 species

1,400 fish allocated

What swims here

Largemouth bass 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	Largemouth bass		1,400

When to fish Lake Apopka

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:04 am-12:04 pm and 10:27 pm-12:27 am	4:21-5:21 am and 4:40-5:40 pm
Tomorrow	10:50 am-12:50 pm	5:22-6:22 am and 5:12-6:12 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 bass (largemouth bass on the season program here)

Stick worms and soft plastics	weightless stick worms around cover; Texas rig in wood
Spinnerbaits and squarebills	cover water along banks and riprap
Finesse jigs	for the fish that have seen everything else

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
Starke Lake	6.6 mi	2024-25 season
Montgomery Lake	8.4 mi	2024-25 season
Long Lake	11 mi	2024-25 season
Bear Pond	12 mi	2024-25 season
Frog Pond	12 mi	2024-25 season

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