Pike Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live, water temperature included.

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last stocked Apr 9 197 days ago

water temp 54 °F

best window 10:02 pm-12:02 am solunar major today

Water right now 0.72 ft gage height water temp 54 °F · flow 3.07 cfs USGS gauge 01478950 (PIKE CREEK NEAR NEWARK, DE) · read 8:35 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

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 yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 9	Rainbow trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Pike Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:39-11:39 am and 10:02 pm-12:02 am	3:56-4:56 am and 4:12-5:12 pm
Tomorrow	10:25 am-12:25 pm and 10:49 pm-12:49 am	5:04-6:04 am and 4:37-5:37 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 Apr 9
Water 54 °F, prime coldwater range

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Delaware 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. The gauge reads 54 degrees, prime coldwater temperature; fish confidently through the day.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge

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
Red Clay Creek	2.5 mi	Apr 30
White Clay Creek PA	3.7 mi	May 4
White Clay Creek	3.7 mi	Oct 15
East Branch White Clay Creek PA	5.4 mi	May 4
Middle Branch White Clay Creek PA	7.1 mi	Apr 15

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