Spanish Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread May to June. One of 8 stocked waters on the Plumas County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Plumas County · California · see it on the national map

last stocked Jun 7 138 days ago

flow 87% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 1.13 ft gage height flow 37.2 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 NWS forecast: steady through Wednesday USGS gauge 11402000 (SPANISH C AB BLACKHAWK C AT KEDDIE CA) · read 5:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 31wk	Trout	catchable		completed
Jun 7wk	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Spanish Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:46-11:46 am and 10:09 pm-12:09 am	4:05-5:05 am and 4:16-5:16 pm
Tomorrow	10:32 am-12:32 pm and 10:57 pm-12:57 am	5:14-6:14 am and 4:41-5:41 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 Jun 7
Flow near normal for the season

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · California 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 (trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams

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
Round Valley Reservoir	5.3 mi	May 31
Bucks Lake	14 mi	Jul 26
Lake Almanor	15 mi	May 31
Mountain Meadows Reservoir	16 mi	Feb 8
Little Grass Valley Reservoir	21 mi	Apr 26

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