Wilbur

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, all in August. A 56-acre reservoir, and one of 3 stocked waters on the Carter County record.

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last stocked Aug 19 65 days ago

best window 10:29 pm-12:29 am solunar major today

2 stockings 2026

56 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Aug 12	Rainbow trout	catchable		completed
Aug 19	Rainbow trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Wilbur

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:06 am-12:06 pm and 10:29 pm-12:29 am	4:23-5:23 am and 4:40-5:40 pm
Tomorrow	10:52 am-12:52 pm	5:28-6:28 am and 5:07-6:07 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 Aug 19

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 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

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
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth

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
Laurel Fork	4.7 mi	Jun 7
Doe River	5.5 mi	Oct 4
Doe Creek	10 mi	May 31
Beaverdam Creek NC	14 mi	Apr 1
Cove Creek NC	18 mi	Apr 1

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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.