Birch Grove Park Ponds

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water; 4 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to October, heaviest in April.

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last stocked Oct 22 yesterday

best window 9:57-11:57 pm solunar major today

4 stockings 2026

1,110 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 15	Rainbow trout	catchable	300	completed
Apr 22	Rainbow trout	catchable	300	completed
Apr 28	Rainbow trout	catchable	300	completed
Oct 22	Rainbow trout	catchable	210	completed

When to fish Birch Grove Park Ponds

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:35-11:35 am and 9:57-11:57 pm	3:51-4:51 am and 4:08-5:08 pm
Tomorrow	10:21 am-12:21 pm and 10:45 pm-12:45 am	4:59-5:59 am and 4:32-5:32 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

Stocked yesterday

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · New Jersey fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 4 times here in 2026, stillwater)

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

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
Heritage Park Pond	5.0 mi	Apr 28
Tuckahoe Lake	11 mi	May 7
Pohatcong Lake	20 mi	May 5
Hammonton Lake	21 mi	Oct 20
Giampietro Park Pond	22 mi	Oct 20

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Records from New Jersey Fish and Wildlife (official page). Placement from New Jersey Fish and Wildlife coordinates. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: New Jersey fishing regulations.