Twin Lakes Park Lakes

Fishing and stocking

Stocked through the 2024-25 season program: channel catfish; 1,000 fish in the published allocation. One of 4 stocked waters on the Sarasota County record.

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program 2024-25 season

best window 10:30 pm-12:30 am solunar major today

1 species

1,000 fish allocated

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		1,000

When to fish Twin Lakes Park Lakes

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:07 am-12:07 pm and 10:30 pm-12:30 am	4:25-5:25 am and 4:43-5:43 pm
Tomorrow	10:53 am-12:53 pm	5:24-6:24 am and 5:16-6:16 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)

Medium-heavy rod	7 ft medium-heavy, 15 to 20 lb line, sturdy reel
Circle hooks on a slip-sinker rig	2/0 to 5/0 circles on a Carolina rig; let them load up
Cut bait and prepared baits	fresh cut shad or chicken liver; scent is everything

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
Scherer-Thaxton Preserve Lake	5.2 mi	2024-25 season
Lake Osprey	6.6 mi	2024-25 season
Natahan Benderson Lake	6.9 mi	2024-25 season
Conservatory Park Lake	9.4 mi	2024-25 season
Lake Manatee	16 mi	2024-25 season

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