Overby Lake

Fishing and stocking

Brook trout water, stocked through the 2026 season program. A 7.2-acre lake, and one of 7 stocked waters on the Bayfield County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:06 pm-12:06 am solunar major today

1 species

7.2 acres (NHD)

What swims here

Brook trout 1 allocation

Season program record

Wisconsin DNR 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 The Wisconsin season shape statewide: season plan; dates unpublished.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2026 season	Brook trout	yearling

When to fish Overby Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:44-11:44 am and 10:06 pm-12:06 am	4:01-5:01 am and 4:13-5:13 pm
Tomorrow	10:30 am-12:30 pm and 10:54 pm-12:54 am	5:15-6:15 am and 4:32-5:32 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

Stocked through the 2026 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the trout (brook trout on the season program here, stillwater)

Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points
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

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
Nymphia Lake	2.2 mi	2026 season
Little Star Lake	2.4 mi	2026 season
Beaver Lake	3.7 mi	2026 season
Wanoka Lake	12 mi	2026 season
Mimi Lake	14 mi	2026 season

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