Milk Pond

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. A 3.7-acre lake.

Kittitas County · Washington · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 8 198 days ago

best window 10:09 pm-12:09 am solunar major today

1 stocking 2026

300 fish reported

3.7 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
Apr 8	Rainbow trout	catchable	300	completed

When to fish Milk Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:47-11:47 am and 10:09 pm-12:09 am	4:06-5:06 am and 4:13-5:13 pm
Tomorrow	10:33 am-12:33 pm and 10:57 pm-12:57 am	5:21-6:21 am and 4:32-5:32 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% 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 Pacific Time (PDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Apr 8

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Washington 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)

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
Lost Lake	24 mi	May 12
Dog Lake	27 mi	Jun 1
Clear Lake	27 mi	Jun 1
Leech Lake	28 mi	May 19
Knuppenburg Lake	30 mi	Jun 2

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Records from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Washington fishing regulations.