Ford Park Ponds fishing

Fishing at Ford Park Ponds is on a community pond, stocked with Mixed Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Catfish. It is stocked about 2 times a year since 2025, most often in January and November. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

January 18, 2026

Plants on record

4

Species recorded

1

Elevation

1,559.2 ft

Common questions

What fish are at Ford Park Ponds?
Fishing Ford Park Ponds is most likely to be for Mixed Trout. All 4 plants on record are Mixed Trout. Mixed Trout was last stocked January 18, 2026. Catfish (Both ponds are stocked with catfish for the city's annual Kids' Fishing Derby, a program separate from CDFW's routine trout planting) and Rainbow Trout (Per CDFW's 2026 Provisional Stocking Plan for this water (a planning document, not a confirmed release)) are recorded here outside the stocking reports.
When is Ford Park Ponds stocked?
Last stocked January 18, 2026. It is stocked about 2 times a year since 2025, most often in January and November.
How do you get on Ford Park Ponds?
Shore fishing is available. The nearest town is Redlands, CA. Ford Park's two ponds (955 Parkford Dr, Redlands) get periodic CDFW trout stockings through the state's 'Fishing in the City' program, plus the city's annual Kids' Fishing Derby, which stocks both ponds with catfish for the event.
Which lakes near Ford Park Ponds were stocked more recently?
Yucaipa Lake (6.5 mi), Green Valley Lake (14.2 mi), Gregory Lake (15.1 mi), and Rancho Jurupa Park Pond (15.3 mi) were stocked more recently. Yucaipa Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Green Valley Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Gregory Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, and Rancho Jurupa Park Pond is also stocked with Mixed Trout.

Access and facts

Water type
community pond
Nearest town
Redlands, CA
Shore access
Yes

Ford Park's two ponds (955 Parkford Dr, Redlands) get periodic CDFW trout stockings through the state's 'Fishing in the City' program, plus the city's annual Kids' Fishing Derby, which stocks both ponds with catfish for the event.

Sources: redlands.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , wildlife.ca.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , wildlife.ca.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , redlands.gov, accessed September 23, 2026

How Ford Park Ponds is stocked

Yucaipa Lake (6.5 mi), Green Valley Lake (14.2 mi), Gregory Lake (15.1 mi), and Rancho Jurupa Park Pond (15.3 mi) were stocked more recently. Yucaipa Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Green Valley Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Gregory Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, and Rancho Jurupa Park Pond is also stocked with Mixed Trout.

Fish at Ford Park Ponds

Fishing Ford Park Ponds is most likely to be for Mixed Trout. All 4 plants on record are Mixed Trout.

Mixed Trout 4 plants
Plants
4 of 4
Last stocked
January 18, 2026

Stocking history

Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 18, 2026 Mixed Trout – – report
January 4, 2026 Mixed Trout – – report
December 21, 2025 Mixed Trout – – report
November 30, 2025 Mixed Trout – – report

Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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