Carbuncle Pond - Oxford

Fishing and stocking

Stocked April to May in 2026: rainbow trout and brown trout, 3 plants in all. A 11-acre lake.

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last stocked May 5 171 days ago

best window 9:46-11:46 pm solunar major today

3 stockings 2026

11 acres (NHD)

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Brown trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Status
Apr 6	Rainbow trout	completed
May 5	Rainbow trout	completed
May 5	Brown trout	completed

When to fish Carbuncle Pond - Oxford

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:24-11:24 am and 9:46-11:46 pm	3:40-4:40 am and 3:56-4:56 pm
Tomorrow	10:10 am-12:10 pm and 10:34 pm-12:34 am	4:50-5:50 am and 4:18-5:18 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

Last stocked May 5

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Massachusetts fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

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
Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell

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
Singletary Pond - Millbury	4.8 mi	May 5
Singletary Pond - Sutton	4.8 mi	Sep 29
Coes Reservoir - Worcester	8.3 mi	Apr 9
Quinsigamond River - Grafton	9.6 mi	Apr 30
Wallum Lake RI	10 mi	Apr 27

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