Sand Lake

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the fall 2026 program. A 101-acre lake.

Lake County · Illinois · see it on the national map

program fall 2026

best window 9:53-11:53 pm solunar major today

1 species

101 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 Sand Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:30-11:30 am and 9:53-11:53 pm	3:47-4:47 am and 4:02-5:02 pm
Tomorrow	10:17 am-12:17 pm and 10:41 pm-12:41 am	4:58-5:58 am and 4:24-5:24 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)

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
Ultralight spinning rod	6 to 7 ft ultralight, 4 lb line; long casts from the bank

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
Reservoir Park Pond WI	22 mi	2026 season
Ceylon Lagoon WI	23 mi	2026 season
Quarry Lake WI	26 mi	2026 season
Belleau Lake	27 mi	fall 2026
Axehead Lake	29 mi	fall 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.