West Lake

Fishing and stocking

Stocked March to April in 2026: brown trout and rainbow trout, 3 plants in all. A 14-acre reservoir, and one of 12 stocked waters on the Suffolk County record.

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last stocked Apr 1 205 days ago

best window 9:51-11:51 pm solunar major today

3 stockings 2026

1,190 fish reported

14 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 2 stockings

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Fish	Status
Mar 1mo	Brown trout	340	stocked
Apr 1mo	Brown trout	230	stocked
Apr 1mo	Rainbow trout	620	stocked

When to fish West Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:28-11:28 am and 9:51-11:51 pm	3:45-4:45 am and 4:01-5:01 pm
Tomorrow	10:14 am-12:14 pm and 10:38 pm-12:38 am	4:53-5:53 am and 4:25-5:25 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 Apr 1

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · New York 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 (brown trout stocked 2 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
Canaan Lake	1.7 mi	Apr 1
Connetquot River	6.0 mi	May 1
East Lake	6.2 mi	Apr 1
Carmans River	7.2 mi	Apr 1
Upper Lake	7.3 mi	May 1

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