Coot Lake

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the winter 2026 program. A 21-acre reservoir.

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program winter 2026

best window 10:19 pm-12:19 am solunar major today

1 species

21 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 allocation

Season program record

Missouri Department of Conservation 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 Missouri season shape statewide: trout parks march to october; winter lakes from november.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
winter 2026	Rainbow trout

When to fish Coot Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:57-11:57 am and 10:19 pm-12:19 am	4:14-5:14 am and 4:28-5:28 pm
Tomorrow	10:42 am-12:42 pm	5:21-6:21 am and 4:54-5:54 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 winter 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
Honker Pond	0.7 mi	winter 2026
Plover Lake	1.5 mi	winter 2026
Johnston Lake	7.8 mi	winter 2026
Cleveland Lake	12 mi	winter 2026
Capitol Federal Sports Complex Pond 3	23 mi	winter 2026

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