Winston Lake

Fishing and stocking

Channel catfish water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 4,500 fish in the published allocation. A 18-acre reservoir, and one of 5 stocked waters on the Forsyth County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:21 pm-12:21 am solunar major today

1 species

4,500 fish allocated

18 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Channel catfish 1 allocation

Season program record

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission 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 North Carolina season shape statewide: march through may, october and november.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2026 season	Channel catfish	yearling	4,500

When to fish Winston Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:58-11:58 am and 10:21 pm-12:21 am	4:15-5:15 am and 4:32-5:32 pm
Tomorrow	10:44 am-12:44 pm	5:20-6:20 am and 4:59-5:59 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 through the 2026 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · North Carolina fishing forecast

Gear for this water

For the catfish (channel catfish on the season program here, stillwater)

Medium-heavy rod	7 ft medium-heavy, 15 to 20 lb line, sturdy reel
Circle hooks on a slip-sinker rig	2/0 to 5/0 circles on a Carolina rig; let them load up
Cut bait and prepared baits	fresh cut shad or chicken liver; scent is everything

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
Salem Lake	1.6 mi	2026 season
Kernersville Lake	6.1 mi	2026 season
Ararat River	23 mi	Oct 12
Fisher River	29 mi	Apr 22
South Mayo River (North Fork) VA	32 mi	Oct 19

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Records from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Carolina fishing regulations.