Horton Lake

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the fall 2026 program. A 11-acre reservoir.

Hancock County · Illinois · see it on the national map

program fall 2026

best window 10:07 pm-12:07 am solunar major today

1 species

11 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 allocations

Season program record

Illinois DNR 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 Illinois season shape statewide: spring and fall seasons.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
fall 2026	Rainbow trout	catchable
spring 2026	Rainbow trout	catchable

When to fish Horton Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:44-11:44 am and 10:07 pm-12:07 am	4:02-5:02 am and 4:16-5:16 pm
Tomorrow	10:30 am-12:30 pm and 10:54 pm-12:54 am	5:10-6:10 am and 4:40-5:40 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 Central Time (CDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the fall 2026 program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the trout (rainbow trout on the season program here, stillwater)

Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points
Slip bobber and jig	1/32 oz marabou jig or waxworm suspended at cruising 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
Wilson Lake IA	8.8 mi	Mar 19
Huckleberry Lake MO	59 mi	winter 2026
Spur Pond MO	68 mi	winter 2026
Beuth Park Lake MO	97 mi	winter 2026
Kiwanis Lake MO	98 mi	winter 2026

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