Lake Howard

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2024-25 season program: channel catfish; 325 fish in the published allocation. A 631-acre lake, and one of 23 stocked waters on the Polk County record.

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program 2024-25 season

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

1 species

325 fish allocated

631 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Channel catfish 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	Channel catfish		325

When to fish Lake Howard

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:04 am-12:04 pm and 10:27 pm-12:27 am	4:22-5:22 am and 4:40-5:40 pm
Tomorrow	10:50 am-12:50 pm	5:22-6:22 am and 5:13-6:13 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 catfish (channel catfish on the season program here, stillwater)

Cut bait and prepared baits	fresh cut shad or chicken liver; scent is everything
Rod holders	catfishing is a waiting game; fish two rods where legal
Medium-heavy rod	7 ft medium-heavy, 15 to 20 lb line, sturdy reel

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 Thomas	2.5 mi	2024-25 season
Polk Co. Sheriff Pond	4.2 mi	2024-25 season
Tenoroc FMA Lake 3	8.6 mi	2024-25 season
Saddle Creek FMA West Pit	8.9 mi	2024-25 season
Tenoroc FMA Lake 2	8.9 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.