Beech Lake

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in January. A 794-acre reservoir.

Henderson County · Tennessee · see it on the national map

last stocked Jan 14 282 days ago

best window 9:55-11:55 pm solunar major today

1 stocking 2026

794 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Jan 14	Rainbow trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Beech Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:32-11:32 am and 9:55-11:55 pm	3:49-4:49 am and 4:05-5:05 pm
Tomorrow	10:18 am-12:18 pm and 10:42 pm-12:42 am	4:54-5:54 am and 4:33-5:33 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

Last stocked Jan 14

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Tennessee 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 (rainbow trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, stillwater)

Slip bobber and jig	1/32 oz marabou jig or waxworm suspended at cruising depth
Ultralight spinning rod	6 to 7 ft ultralight, 4 lb line; long casts from the bank
Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell

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
Browns Creek Lake	7.7 mi	Oct 8
Carroll Lake	29 mi	Oct 8
Cane Creek	36 mi	Apr 26
Hurricane Creek	40 mi	Mar 29
New Lake	44 mi	Oct 8

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