Rotary Lake
Fishing and stocking
Stocked through the winter 2026 program: rainbow trout.
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What swims here
Rainbow trout
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 Rotary Lake
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:37-11:37 am and 10:00 pm-12:00 am | 3:54-4:54 am and 4:10-5:10 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:23 am-12:23 pm and 10:47 pm-12:47 am | 5:01-6:01 am and 4:36-5:36 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)
| Inline spinners | 1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams |
| Drifted bait | single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom |
| Small jerkbaits | floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Capaha Park Lake | 9.1 mi | winter 2026 |
| Legion Lake 1 | 25 mi | winter 2026 |
| Recreational Complex Lake | 35 mi | winter 2026 |
| Carp Lake | 84 mi | winter 2026 |
| Island Lake | 84 mi | winter 2026 |